coherence
NounUS[koh-hir-uhns]/koʊˈhɪrəns/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (2)
- the state of cohering or sticking togetherSynonyms: coherencycohesioncohesivenessOpposite incoherenceType of connection, linkKinds continuity, consistency
- logical and orderly and consistent relation of partsSynonyms: coherencyType of comprehensibility, understandability
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Co·her′ence, Co·her′en·cy noun
Origin: L. cohaerentia: cf. F. cohérence.
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; a logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts; 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.— John Locke
3. the state of cohering. Syn. — cohesion, cohesiveness.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5