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Coherence

Coherence Meaning & Definition
Coherence Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Coherence?

[n] logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts
[n] the state of cohering or sticking together

Synonyms | Synonyms for Coherence: coherency | coherency | cohesion | cohesiveness

Related Terms | Find terms related to Coherence: accord | accordance | accretion | adherence | adhesion | affinity | agglomeration | agglutination | agreement | assent | bond | chorus | clarity | clear-cutness | clearness | cling | clinging | clotting | clustering | coagulation | cohesion | cohesiveness | coincidence | compaction | compatibility | concert | concord | concordance | concretion | condensation | conformance | conformation | conformity | congealment | congelation | congeniality | conglobation | conglomeration | congruence | congruency | congruity | connectedness | consistency | consolidation | consonance | consort | cooperation | correspondence | crystallinity | definition | directness | distinctness | equivalence | explicitness | harmony | impartibility | indiscerptibility | indissolubility | indivisibility | infrangibility | infusibility | inseparability | insolubility | integrity | intersection | junction | limpidity | lucidity | oneness | overlap | parallelism | peace | pellucidity | perspicuity | plain English | plain speech | plain style | plainness | rapport | self-consistency | set | simplicity | solidarity | solidification | sticking | straightforwardness | structure | symmetry | sync | synchronism | tally | timing | transparency | transpicuity | unadorned style | unambiguousness | unequivocalness | uniformity | union | unison | unisonance | unity | unmistakableness

See Also | comprehensibility | connectedness | connection | consistency | continuity | link | understandability

Coherence In Webster's Dictionary

\Co*her"ence\, Coherency \Co*her"en*cy\, n. [L. cohaerentia: cf. F. coh['e]rence.] 1. A sticking or cleaving together; union of parts of the same body; cohesion. 2. Connection or dependence, proceeding from the subordination of the parts of a thing to one principle or purpose, as in the parts of a discourse, or of a system of philosophy; consecutiveness. Coherence of discourse, and a direct tendency of all the parts of it to the argument in hand, are most eminently to be found in him. --Locke.

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