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co·here

[koh-heer]
verb (used without object), -hered, -her·ing.
1.
to stick together; be united; hold fast, as parts of the same mass: The particles of wet flour cohered to form a paste.
2.
Physics. (of two or more similar substances) to be united within a body by the action of molecular forces.
3.
to be naturally or logically connected: Without sound reasoning no argument will cohere.
4.
to agree; be congruous: Her account of the incident cohered with his.

Origin:
1590–1600; < Latin cohaerēre, equivalent to co- co- + haerēre to stick, cling


1. See stick2. 3. follow.

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Cohere is always a great word to know.
So is laser. Does it mean:
a device that produces a nearly parallel, monochromatic, coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate
energy transmitted in wave motion, especially electromagnetic wave motion
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  • Chopra, though charming as always, can't make her cohere.
  • These layers of resources to cohere discrete bits requires machines, which require heat dissipation.
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cohere (kəʊˈhɪə)
 
vb
1.  to hold or stick firmly together
2.  to be connected logically; be consistent
3.  physics to be held together by the action of molecular forces
 
[C16: from Latin cohaerēre from co- together + haerēre to cling, adhere]

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cohere
1590s, from L. cohærere "to cleave together," from com- "together" + hærere "to stick" (see coherent). Related: Coherency, cohering.
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