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▪ I. † ˈinsequent, a.1 Obs. rare.
[ad. L. insequent-em, pr. pple. of insequī, f. in- (in-2) + sequī to follow.]
Following on, succeeding; subsequent.
c1620in Hacket Abp. Williams i. (1692) 50 The Storm will gather, and burst out into a greater Tempest, in all insequent Meetings [of parliament]. a1670ibid. 25 If he had his Apocha or Quietance..he were free from all insequent Demands.
▪ II. insequent, a.2 Geomorphol.|ˈɪnsɪkwənt, ɪnˈsiːkwənt|
[f. in-3 + -sequent in consequent, subsequent adjs.]
Of a stream, stream valley, or drainage pattern: having a course or form that appears haphazard and exhibits no apparent relation to the form or structure of the land.
1897W. M. Davis in Science 2 July 24/1 Then the side streams, growing headwards, are accidentally located; and streams of this class have been called autogenetic by McGee. Insequent may prove to be a more satisfactory name for such streams, as it is of the same etymological family as consequent, subsequent and obsequent... As insequent has proved servicable [sic] in my lectures during the past winter, it is now submitted for trial by others. 1939P. G. Worcester Textbk. Geomorphol. viii. 155 Streams that develop their valleys on flat-lying sediments or on massive rocks, such as granites, without strong structural control are called insequent streams. 1954W. D. Thornbury Princ. Geomorphol. v. 114 Insequent valleys are those whose courses are controlled by factors which are not determinable. 1968R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 1075/2 Such a condition, one of literally no structural control, is manifested by an insequent drainage pattern. |