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incoherence

[in-koh-heer-uhns, -her-] Origin

in·co·her·ence

[in-koh-heer-uhns, -her-]
noun
1.
the quality or state of being incoherent.
2.
something incoherent; an incoherent statement, article, speech, etc.

Origin:
1605–15; in-3 + coherence
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Incoherence is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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incoherent (ˌɪnkəʊˈhɪərənt)
 
adj
1.  lacking in clarity or organization; disordered
2.  unable to express oneself clearly; inarticulate
3.  physics (of two or more waves) having the same frequency but not the same phase: incoherent light
 
inco'herence
 
n
 
inco'herency
 
n
 
inco'herentness
 
n
 
inco'herently
 
adv

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Word Origin & History

incoherence
1610s, formed from in- "not" + coherence on model of It. incoerenza.
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