Coherent \Co*her"ent\, a. [L. cohaerens, p. pr. See Cohere.]
1. Sticking together; cleaving; as the parts of bodies; solid
or fluid. --Arbuthnot.
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2. Composed of mutually dependent parts; making a logical
whole; consistent; as, a coherent plan, argument, or
discourse.
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3. Logically consistent; -- applied to persons; as, a
coherent thinker. --Watts.
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4. Suitable or suited; adapted; accordant. [Obs.]
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Instruct my daughter how she shall persever,
That time and place, with this deceit so lawful,
May prove coherent. --Shak.
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5. (Physics, Optics) Of or pertaining to electromagnetic
waves that have a constant phase relationship with each
other; having identical phase at all points; as, the
coherent light produced by a laser.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
116 Moby Thesaurus words for "coherent":
accordant, adhering, affirmative, agglutinate, agreeable, agreeing,
answerable, articulate, at one, clean-cut, clear, clear as crystal,
clear as day, clear-cut, cleaving, clinging, coexistent,
coexisting, cohering, cohesive, coincident, coinciding,
commensurate, compatible, comprehensible, concordant, concurring,
conformable, congenial, congruent, congruous, connected,
consentaneous, consentient, consistent, consonant, cooperating,
cooperative, correspondent, corresponding, crisp, crystal-clear,
crystalline, defined, definite, direct, distinct, en rapport,
equivalent, explicit, express, harmonious, holding together,
impartible, in accord, in agreement, in rapport, in sync,
in synchronization, inaccordance, indiscerptible, indissoluble,
indissolvable, indivisible, infrangible, infusible, inharmony,
inseparable, insoluble, intelligible, like-minded, limpid, logical,
loud and clear, lucid, luminous, of a piece, of like mind,
of one mind, on all fours, orderly, organized, pellucid,
perspicuous, plain, positive, proportionate, rational, reasonable,
reconcilable, self-consistent, sensible, simple, sticking,
straightforward, stuck, symbiotic, synchronized, synchronous,
translucent, transparent, transpicuous, unambiguous, unanimous,
unconfused, understandable, undividable, unequivocal, unified,
uniform, unisonant, unisonous, univocal, unmistakable,
well-defined, well-ordered
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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