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Coherence

COHERENCE

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Definition 2024

coherence

coherence

See also: cohérence

English

Alternative forms

cohærence (archaic)

Noun

coherence ‎(plural coherences)

Quality of cohering; of being coherent; internal consistency.
a logical arrangement of parts
His arguments lacked coherence.
(physics, of waves) the property of having the same wavelength and phase.
(linguistics) Semantic relationship between different parts of the same text.

Antonyms

incoherence

Related terms

cohesion

Translations

quality of cohering; of being coherent

Bulgarian: съгласуваност (bg) f ‎(sǎglasuvanost)
Czech: soudržnost f
Finnish: johdonmukaisuus (fi)
French: cohérence (fr) f

German: Kohärenz (de) f, Geschlossenheit f
Greek: συνοχή (el) f ‎(synochí), συνάφεια (el) f ‎(synáfeia)
Polish: koherencja (pl) f
Turkish: insicam (tr), yapışma (tr)

logical arrangements of parts

Bulgarian: свързване (bg) n ‎(svǎrzvane)
German: Zusammenhang (de) m

Greek: συνοχή (el) f ‎(synochí), συνάφεια (el) f ‎(synáfeia)
Turkish: âhenk (tr), tutarlılık (tr), uyumluluk (tr)

having the same wavelength and phase

Bulgarian: кохерентност (bg) f ‎(koherentnost)
Czech: koherence f
Finnish: koherenssi (fi)

German: Kohärenz (de) f
Greek: συμφωνία (el) f ‎(symfonía)
Turkish: koherent (tr)

References

“coherence” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Middle French

Noun

coherence f (uncountable)

coherence; quality of being internally consistent

Descendants

English: coherence
French: cohérence