a. [ Cf. F. consécutif. See Consequent. ] 1. Following in a train; succeeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval or break; as, fifty consecutive years. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Following as a consequence or result; actually or logically dependent; consequential; succeeding. [ 1913 Webster ] The actions of a man consecutive to volition. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Mus.) Having similarity of sequence; -- said of certain parallel progressions of two parts in a piece of harmony; as, consecutive fifths, or consecutive octaves, which are forbidden. [ 1913 Webster ] Consecutive chords (Mus.), chords of the same kind succeeding one another without interruption. [ 1913 Webster ]
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