See Also: obsequent(dictionary)

obsequent (iou)



obsequent adjective & noun. L19.
[from OB- + -sequent, after consequent etc.]
Physical Geography.
A. adjective.
Of a stream, valley, etc.: having a course or character opposite to the direction of dip of the strata. Cf. CONSEQUENT adjective 5, SUBSEQUENT adjective 2b. L19.
Of a fault-line scarp, etc.: having (as a result of erosion) a relief the reverse of that originally produced by the faulting. E20.
b. noun. An obsequent stream. L19.