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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Consecutive

/kən-sĕk'-yət-ĭv/ · Con·sec·u·tive · IPA /kənˈsɛkjʊtɪv/
01 a. Following in a train; succeeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval or bre…
  1. 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.
  2. 2.
    Following as a consequence or result; actually or logically dependent; consequential; succeeding.
    “The actions of a man consecutive to volition.” — Locke.
  3. 3.
    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.(Mus.)
Phrases & compounds
Consecutive chords — chords of the same kind succeeding one another without interruption.