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Adjective
/kōˈhi(ə)rənt/,
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(of an argument, theory, or policy) Logical and consistent,
  1. (of an argument, theory, or policy) Logical and consistent
    • - they failed to develop a coherent economic strategy
  2. (of a person) Able to speak clearly and logically
    • - she was lucid and coherent and did not appear to be injured
  3. United as or forming a whole
    • - divided into a number of geographically coherent kingdoms
  4. (of waves) Having a constant phase relationship

  1. marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts; "a coherent argument"
  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"
  3. (physics) of waves having a constant phase relation
  4. sticking together; "two coherent sheets"; "tenacious burrs"
  5. (coherently) in a coherent manner; "she could not talk coherently after the accident"
  6. In a thought experiment proposed by the Italian probabilist Bruno de Finetti in order to justify Bayesian probability, an array of wagers is coherent precisely if it does not expose the wagerer to certain loss regardless of the outcomes of events on which he is wagering, provided his opponent ...
  7. The Coherent operating system was a Version 7 Unix clone by the now-defunct Mark Williams Company, originally produced for the PDP-11 in 1980. A port was introduced in 1983 as the first Unix-like system for IBM PC compatible computers.
  8. (Coherence (category theory)) In mathematics, and particularly category theory a coherence condition is a collection of conditions requiring that various compositions of elementary morphisms are equal. Typically the elementary morphisms are part of the data of the category.
  9. (Coherence (cognitive science)) Coherence theory of truth regards truth as coherence with some specified set of sentences, propositions or beliefs. There is no single coherence theory of truth, but rather an assortment of perspectives that are commonly collected under this title. ...
  10. (Coherence (linguistics)) Coherence in linguistics is what makes a text semantically meaningful. It is especially dealt with in text linguistics. ...
  11. (Coherence (music theory)) In music, Rothenberg propriety denotes an important concept in the general theory of scales which was introduced by David Rothenberg in a seminal series of papers in 1978. ...
  12. Sticking together; Orderly, logical and consistent; Aesthetically ordered; Of waves having the same direction, wavelength and phase, as light in a laser
  13. (coherence) Quality of cohering; of being coherent; internal consistency; a logical arrangements of parts; (of waves) the property of having the same wavelength and phase; Semantic relationship between different parts of the same text
  14. Coherence between epidemiological and laboratory findings increases the likelihood of an effect. However, Hill noted that “… lack of such [laboratory] evidence cannot nullify the epidemiological effect on associations” .
  15. (Coherence) Refers to the phase stability of two wavetrains, from the same optical wave, separated in time
  16. (coherence) logically connected sense that holds parts of a text together
  17. (Coherence) The ratio of coherent output power between channels in a dual-channel DSA. An effective means of determining the similarity of vibration at two locations, giving insight into the possibility of cause and effect relationships.
  18. (Coherence) The cohesiveness, coordination, and correlation characterizing emergent structures in self-organizing systems. For example, laser light is coherent compared to the light emanating from a regular light bulb. ...
  19. (Coherence) The defining axioms should be logically consistent and sanction inferences consistent with the definitions.
  20. (Coherence) is a measure of the alignment of the phases of the electric field vectors of the light, i.e. ...
  21. (COHERENCE) The photons within a laser beam are extremely well organized and directional. This means that all of the photons (energy) have waves that travel in unison – they are highly parallel with a specific wavelength. ...
  22. (COHERENCE) For E. D. Hirsch's historical criticism, the decisive criterion verifying the probability of an interpretation. An interpretation has coherence if it articulates the meaning of the text in the context of the author's outlook or persona. ...
  23. (COHERENCE) This word means "to stick together." It is made from the prefix co-- which means "together," as in the words "commission,""committee," "cohabit," "codefendant," and many more. The root is from the Latin haerere which means "to cling" and is found in the words "adhere" and "adhesive. ...
  24. (Coherence (of a national health policy/strategy/plan)) (i) the extent to which proposed strategies are aligned with the priorities identified in the situation analysis; (ii) the extent to which programme plans are aligned with the national health strategy and plan; (iii) the extent to which the ...
  25. (Coherence (spatial)) the degree to which separate parts of the electron wave have defined phase relationships, and are able to interfere with each other in the image formation process. ...