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coherence
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun coherence has 2 senses
- coherence(n = noun.state) coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness - the state of cohering or sticking together; Array is a kind of connectedness, connection, link
- coherence(n = noun.attribute) coherency - logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts; Array is a kind of comprehensibility, understandability
has particulars: consistency, continuity
Derived forms verb cohere1, adjective coherent4
Antonym: incoherence
Derived form adjective coherent1
CIDE DICTIONARY
coherence, n. [L. cohaerentia: cf. F. cohérence.].
- A sticking or cleaving together; union of parts of the same body; cohesion. [1913 Webster]
- 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; a logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts; consecutiveness. [1913 Webster]"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." [1913 Webster]
- the state of cohering. [WordNet 1.5]
THESAURUS
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, unmistakablenessROGET THESAURUS
coherence
Coherence
N coherence, adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness, concretion accretion, conglutination, agglutination, agglomeration, aggregation, consolidation, set, cementation, sticking, soldering, connection, dependence, tenacity, toughness, stickiness, inseparability, inseparableness, bur, remora, conglomerate, concrete, cohesive, adhesive, adhering, cohering, tenacious, tough, sticky, united, unseparated, unsessile, inseparable, inextricable, infrangible, compact.
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