What's the difference between consistency and inconstancy?

Consistency


Definition:

  • (n.) The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity.
  • (n.) A degree of firmness, density, or spissitude.
  • (n.) That which stands together as a united whole; a combination.
  • (n.) Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency.
  • (n.) Agreement or harmony of all parts of a complex thing among themselves, or of the same thing with itself at different times; the harmony of conduct with profession; congruity; correspondence; as, the consistency of laws, regulations, or judicial decisions; consistency of opinions; consistency of conduct or of character.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The findings are more consistent with those in studies of panic disorder.
  • (2) We have determined the genomic structure of the fosB gene and shown that it consists of 4 exons and 3 introns at positions also found in the c-fos gene.
  • (3) No consistent relationship could be found between the time interval from SAH to operation and the severity of vasospasm.
  • (4) The NORPLANT-2 rod system on the other hand consists of only 2 rods.
  • (5) These four antigens consisted of S of MNSs blood group, Lua of Lutheran blood group, and K and Kpa of Kell-Cellano blood group.
  • (6) Neither the plasma prolactin level nor urinary excretion of aldosterone and ADHshowed any consistent change throughout the dive.
  • (7) Taken together these results are consistent with the view that primary CTL, as well as long term cloned CTL cell lines, exercise their cytolytic activity by means of perforin.
  • (8) Maximal covalent binding of [4,5-14C]ronidazole to DNA also required four-electron reduction, consistent with previous studies of the covalent binding of this agent to immobilized sulfhydryl groups [Kedderis et al.
  • (9) However, there was no consistent protocol for the method or duration of drug administration.
  • (10) Mapping of the cross-link position between U2 and U6 RNAs is consistent with base-pairing between the 5' domain of U2 and the 3' end of U6 RNA.
  • (11) The disassembly of the synthetase complex is consistent with the structural model of a heterotypic multienzyme complex and suggests that the complex formation is due to the specific intermolecular interactions among the synthetases.
  • (12) Projection obliquity resulted in consistent underestimation of DPR angle.
  • (13) Control incubations revealed an inherent difference between the two substrates; gram-positive supernatants consistently contained 5% radioactivity, whereas even at 0 h, those from the gram-negative mutant released 22%.
  • (14) Aside from these characteristic findings of HCC, it was important to reveal the following features for the diagnosis of well differentiated type of small HCC: variable thickening or distortion of trabecular structure in association with nuclear crowding, acinar formation, selective cytoplasmic accumulation of Mallory bodies, nuclear abnormalities consisting of thickening of nucleolus, hepatic cords in close contact with bile ducts or blood vessels, and hepatocytes growing in a fibrous environment.
  • (15) LH and FSH levels in the group which were given low dose progesterone only, rose consistently after BSO and these patterns were similar to those seen in the control group.
  • (16) The estimated DNA compaction ratio (approximately 3-fold) is consistent with a significant degree of nucleosome unfolding in the hyperstimulated BR genes.
  • (17) The results are consistent with our previous suggestion that lethality for virulent SFV infection results from a lethal threshold of damage to neurons in the CNS and that attenuating mutations may reduce neuronal damage below this threshold level.
  • (18) Changes in renal renin levels after the administration of glycerol were not significant, although lower renal renin values were consistently found in rabbits with more severe impairment of renal function.
  • (19) We conclude that the rat somatosympathetic reflex consists of an early excitatory component due to the early activation of RVL-spinal sympathoexcitatory neurons with rapidly conducting axons and a later peak that may arise from the late activation of these same neurons as well as the early activation of RVL vasomotor neurons with more slowly conducting spinal axons.
  • (20) The in vivo approach consisted of interspecies grafting between quail and chick embryos.

Inconstancy


Definition:

  • (n.) The quality or state of being inconstant; want of constancy; mutability; fickleness; variableness.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The slope of Phase III in both N2 and He washouts was influenced in an inconstant fashion, probably reflecting differing contributions from topographic and intraregional inhomogeneities of ventilation in these subjects.
  • (2) 25%): inconstant outcoming by bursts, of 2--4 cycles sec.
  • (3) They are: -Streptozotocin, which represents today the most useful therapeutic agent for beta cell carcinoma therapy; -Diazoxide, which represents the drug of first choice for the treatment of most hypoglycemic syndromes caused by islet cell adenoma or hyperplasia; -Propranolol, Chlorpromazine, Diphenylhydantoin, which may be regarded as a useful alternative to diazoxide, although they are capable of giving rather inconstant results.
  • (4) The other inconstant supports of the digital sheaths are systematically recorded indeed (C1 to C3), but only in exceptional cases they exist of cruciform fibers (Lig.
  • (5) In case of major thrombocytopenia a second splenectomy is worth attempting, although its benefits are inconstant and unpredictable.
  • (6) Enhancement of LAK cell cytotoxicity was moderate and inconstant, whereas the inhibition was strong and observed with all the donors tested.
  • (7) Also inconstant are intercellular contacts of plain muscle fibers, their number and total surface being also dependent on the degree of vascular constriction.
  • (8) The possibility of changing appearance over time, and the inconstant correlation of FFLC with known causes of hepatic steatosis are discussed, as well as the hypothesis that the focal defect seen with ultrasound, could be an area of normal hepatic tissue in a fatty liver.
  • (9) The majority of cells whose toxicogenicity was inconstant had an extensive microcapsule which was also a characteristic element of the diphtheroid and Hoffmann's bacillus ultrastructure.
  • (10) Plasma kininogen did not change during parturition, rose in the first puerperal day and then rapidly declined to non-pregnant levels.2 Free kinin levels in the blood of non-pregnant female rats were low and inconstant.
  • (11) It seems that the two responses have no common characteristics and that the persistence of the PWL is rather inconstant.
  • (12) Besides, it seems that the development of some inconstant anatomic details is probably correlated with knee laxity.
  • (13) Lysis of normal PMN inhibited platelet aggregation slightly and inconstantly and only at higher cell concentrations.
  • (14) This method is characterized by a proper correction for inconstant background absorption in case of bad signal to noise ratios.
  • (15) Concomitantly increasing amounts of fibrin(ogen) degradation products were detected, while soluble fibrin monomers were observed only inconstantly.
  • (16) Small and inconstant responses were generated in the lateral superior temporal gyrus and no locally generated activity was detected in frontal granular cortex.
  • (17) The distribution of these bone and joint disorders was different from that of Sonozaki's "pustulotic arthro-osteitis": in contrast with the latter, the anterior chest was inconstantly involved whereas the spine, sacro-iliac joints and peripheral articulations were more frequently affected.
  • (18) The inconstant or contradictory results obtained so far do not provide a coherent explanation.
  • (19) The relationship of infant colonization to the presence of streptococci in the birth canal at delivery and not to previous or subsequent carriage by the mother was consistent with the observation that maternal colonization was often inconstant.
  • (20) Smaller amounts of IgG and IgM were inconstantly found in association with tissue deposits of calcium pyrophosphate.