coherent adj

1 marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts; "a coherent argument" [ant: incoherent]

2 capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner; "a lucid thinker"; "she was more coherent than she had been just after the accident" [syn: logical, lucid]

3 sticking together; "two coherent sheets"; "tenacious burrs" [syn: tenacious]

English

Pronunciation

• italbrac RP /kəˈhɪə.rənt/
• italbrac US /koʊˈhɛrənt/

Adjective

1. Sticking together
2. Orderly, logical and consistent.
3. Aesthetically ordered
4. Of waves having the same direction, wavelength and phase, as light in a laser.

Antonyms

• incoherent

Derived terms

• coherence

Translations

Coherence or coherent can refer to:

• Coherence (cognitive science), a property of mental/cognitive states
• Coherence (linguistics), what makes a text semantically meaningful
• Coherence (physics), a property of waves
• Quantum coherence
• Coherence time (communications systems), duration when a communication channel can be assumed to be constant.
• Coherence (software), a component of Parallels Desktop for Mac, the Windows virtualization software
• Coherence (music theory), a synonym for strict Rothenberg propriety in diatonic set theory
• Memory coherence, a concept in computer architecture
• Cache coherence
• Coherentism, an epistemological theory
• Coherent (company), a company specializing in equipment to make and measure coherent light
• Coherent (operating system), a UNIX clone operating system

In mathematics:

• Coherent sheaf
• Coherence (statistics)
• Coherence (philosophical gambling strategy), a concept in Bayesian statistics

In philosophy

• Coherentism describes an epistemologic theory

See also

• Cohesion disambiguation page

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