Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Sticking together; cohering.
- adjective Marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts.
- adjective Physics Of, relating to, or having waves with similar direction, amplitude, and phase that are capable of exhibiting interference.
- adjective Of or relating to a system of units of measurement in which a small number of basic units are defined from which all others in the system are derived by multiplication or division only.
- adjective Botany Sticking to but not fused with a part or an organ of the same kind.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Sticking, or sticking together; cleaving, as the parts of a body, solid or fluid, or as one body or substance to another; adhesive.
- Connected; consistent; having a natural or due agreement of parts; consecutive; logical: said of things: as, a coherent discourse.
- Observing due order, connection, or arrangement, as in thinking or speaking; consistent; consecutive: said of persons.
- Suited; fitted; adapted; agreeing.
- In botany, sometimes used for connate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Sticking together; cleaving; as the parts of bodies; solid or fluid.
- adjective Composed of mutually dependent parts; making a logical whole; consistent.
- adjective Logically consistent; -- applied to persons.
- adjective obsolete Suitable or suited; adapted; accordant.
- adjective (Physics, Optics) Of or pertaining to electromagnetic waves that have a constant phase relationship with each other; having identical phase at all points.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Unified ;sticking together ;making up awhole . - adjective
Orderly ,logical andconsistent . - adjective
Aesthetically ordered. - adjective Having a natural or due agreement of parts; harmonious: a coherent design.
- adjective physics Of
waves having the samedirection ,wavelength andphase , aslight in alaser . - adjective botany Attaching or pressing against an
organ of the same nature. - adjective mathematics Belonging to a specific
class ofsheaves having particularly manageable properties closely linked to thegeometrical properties of the underlyingspace .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (physics) of waves having a constant phase relation
- adjective sticking together
- adjective capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner
- adjective marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word coherent.
Examples
-
Second, it's marketing's assignment to turn that tune or differentiating idea into what we call a coherent marketing direction.
Marketing 101 2007
-
It is perfectly coherent from a pure domestic viewpoint.
Georges Ugeux: It's the Dollar, Stupid Georges Ugeux 2010
-
Obama also speaks in coherent sentences, unlike Bush and Palin.
-
They didn't work their asses off to get Obama elected so he could be Bush-lite who speaks in coherent sentences.
-
I know the real answer is that you were so struck by AGW Derangement Syndrome you were incapable of engaging in coherent debate and just let fly with a rant on seeing the word “carbon”.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is Carbon Capture a Pipe Dream? 2010
-
It is perfectly coherent from a pure domestic viewpoint.
Georges Ugeux: It's the Dollar, Stupid Georges Ugeux 2010
-
Your description is not coherent from a signal standpont.
-
It is perfectly coherent from a pure domestic viewpoint.
Georges Ugeux: It's the Dollar, Stupid Georges Ugeux 2010
-
It is perfectly coherent from a pure domestic viewpoint.
Georges Ugeux: It's the Dollar, Stupid Georges Ugeux 2010
-
As I practice my craft, I find the books I write now are more coherent from the outset but often need much work with revisions to find the true story.
sonofgroucho commented on the word coherent
Or, in my case, more often incoherent!
October 8, 2007