coherent

coherent (kəʊˈhɪərənt)

—*adj*
1.	capable of logical and consistent speech, thought, etc
2.	logical; consistent and orderly
3.	cohering or sticking together
4.	physics (of two or more waves) having the same phase or a fixed phase difference: coherent light
5.	(of a system of units) consisting only of units the quotient or product of any two of which yield the unit of the resultant quantity

co'herently

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

coherent

1550s, from M.Fr. cohérent, from L. cohærentem (nom. cohærens), prp. of cohærere "cohere," from com- "together" + hærere "to stick" (see hesitation).

Example sentences

He has made corrections and revisions and has made coherent arguments.

Although the agents are atomized and disorganized, the violence is communal and

coherent.

And whereas many measures of depression and sadness have been defined, a

coherent description of happiness remains elusive.

Nor does either of the two parties have a coherent political agenda.

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consolidated disconnected form graft intelligible International System of Units

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