Look up: consistent

1. consistent
   [adj] - the same throughout in structure or composition 2. [adj] - (sometimes followed by `with`) in agreement or consistent or reliable 3. [adj] - marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts
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2. consistent
   a hypothesis test is consistent for a specified alternative hypothesis if the power of the test for the alternative hypothesis approaches 1 as the sample size becomes infinitely large Category: Statistics • a test of a hypothesis is consistent with respect to a particular alternative hyp...
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3. Consistent
   Con·sist'ent adjective [ Latin consistens , present participle: confer French consistant .] 1. Possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid. « The humoral and consistent parts of the body. Harvey. �...
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4. consistent
   uniform adjective the same throughout in structure or composition; `bituminous coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous product`
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5. consistent
   adjective (sometimes followed by `with`) in agreement or consistent or reliable; `testimony consistent with the known facts`; `I have decided that the course of conduct which I am following is consistent with m...
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6. consistent
   An estimator for a parameter is consistent iff the estimator converges in probability to the true value of the parameter; that is, the plim of the estimator, as the sample size goes to infinity, is the parameter itself. Another phrasing: an estimator is consistent if it has asymptotic power of one. 'Consistency', without a modifier, is sy...
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7. Consistent
   • (a.) Possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid. • (a.) Having agreement with itself or with something else; having harmony among its parts; possesing unity; accordant; harmonious; congruous; compatible; uniform; not contradictory. • (a.) Living or acting in conformity with...
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8. Consistent
   Pertains to a system of equations and inequalities, for which there exists a feasible solution.
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