CONSECUTIVE

adj. Ko2n-se2k'u2t-i2v. Lat., consecutivus (from consequi, to occur in sequence). Fr., consecutif. Ger., nachfolgend. It., Sp., consecutivo. 1. Following each other in uninterrupted sequence. 2. Occurring as a sequel or consequence. 3. In organic chemistry, a term applied to trisubstituted compounds of benzene, (C6H8), in which all three of the replacing radicles are attached to adjacent carbon atoms. Such compounds have the structural formula C6(H,R',R',R',H,H,). [B, 4.] CONSENESCENCE, [s. 381]