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co⋅her⋅ent

  [koh-heer-uhnt, -her-]
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–adjective
1. logically connected; consistent: a coherent argument.
2. cohering; sticking together: a coherent mass of sticky candies.
3. having a natural or due agreement of parts; harmonious: a coherent design.
4. Physics, Optics. of or pertaining to waves that maintain a fixed phase relationship, as in coherent light.
Compare laser.

Origin:
1570–80; < ML cohērent-, var. of L cohaerent- (s. of cohaerēns), prp. of cohaerēre. See cohere, -ent

Related forms:
co⋅her⋅ent⋅ly, adverb
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co·her·ent   (kō-hîr'ənt, -hěr'-)   
adj.  

  1. Sticking together; cohering.

  2. Marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts: a coherent essay.

  3. Physics Of, relating to, or having waves with similar direction, amplitude, and phase that are capable of exhibiting interference.

  4. 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.

  5. Botany Sticking to but not fused with a part or an organ of the same kind.

co·her'ent·ly adv.
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coherent 
c.1555, from M.Fr. cohérent, from L. cohærentem (nom. cohærens), prp. of cohærere "cohere," from com- "together" + hærere "to stick" (see hesitation).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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