Coherent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Sticking together; cohering.
  • adj. Marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts: a coherent essay.
  • adj. Physics Of, relating to, or having waves with similar direction, amplitude, and phase that are capable of exhibiting interference.
  • adj. 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.
  • adj. Botany Sticking to but not fused with a part or an organ of the same kind.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Unified; sticking together; making up a whole.
  • adj. Orderly, logical and consistent.
  • adj. Aesthetically ordered.
  • adj. Having a natural or due agreement of parts; harmonious: a coherent design.
  • adj. Of waves having the same direction, wavelength and phase, as light in a laser.
  • adj. Attaching or pressing against an organ of the same nature.
  • adj. Belonging to a specific class of sheaves having particularly manageable properties closely linked to the geometrical properties of the underlying space.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Sticking together; cleaving; as the parts of bodies; solid or fluid.
  • adj. Composed of mutually dependent parts; making a logical whole; consistent.
  • adj. Logically consistent; -- applied to persons.
  • adj. Suitable or suited; adapted; accordant.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to electromagnetic waves that have a constant phase relationship with each other; having identical phase at all points.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (physics) of waves having a constant phase relation
  • adj. sticking together
  • adj. capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner
  • adj. marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts
  • Equivalent
    adhesive    rational    seamless   
    Antonym
    incoherent   
    Cross Reference
    consistent   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cleaving    consistent    adapted    accordant   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    adherent    incoherent    inherent   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    unify    intelligible    concise    logical    satisfactory