A result or effect of an action or condition. The consequent of the heavy rainfall was severe flooding in the area.
In logic, the second part of a conditional statement, which follows 'then'. In the statement 'If it rains, then the ground will be wet', 'the ground will be wet' is the consequent.
In mathematics, the second term of a ratio. In the ratio 3:4, the number 4 is the consequent.