incoherent speech

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• incoherent — [in΄kō hir′ənt; ] also [, in΄kōher′ənt] adj. not coherent; specif., a) lacking cohesion; not sticking together b) not logically connected; disjointed; rambling c) characterized by incoherent speech, thought, etc. incoherently adv …   English World dictionary

• incoherent — adjective 1) a long, incoherent speech Syn: unclear, confused, unintelligible, incomprehensible, hard to follow, disjointed, disconnected, disordered, mixed up, garbled, jumbled, scrambled, muddled; rambling, wandering, disorganized …   Thesaurus of popular words

• incoherent — Not coherent; disjointed; confused; denoting a lack of connectedness or organization of parts during verbal expression. [L. in neg. + co haereo, pp. haesus, to cling together, fr. haereo, to stick] * * * in·co·her·ent ənt adj lacking clarity or… …   Medical dictionary

• Incoherent — In co*her ent, a. [Pref. in not + coherent: cf. F. incoh[ e]rent.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not coherent; wanting cohesion; loose; unconnected; physically disconnected; not fixed to each; said of material substances. Woodward. [1913 Webster] 2. Lacking… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• incoherent — ► ADJECTIVE 1) incomprehensible or confusing in speech or writing. 2) internally inconsistent; illogical. 3) Physics (of light or other waves) having no fixed phase relationship. DERIVATIVES incoherence noun incoherency noun incoherently adverb …   English terms dictionary

• speech — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Oral communication Nouns 1. speech, talk, faculty of speech; locution, parlance, expression, vernacular, oral communication, word of mouth, parole, palaver, prattle; effusion, discourse; soliloquy;… …   English dictionary for students

• incoherent — adjective Date: 1626 lacking coherence: as a. lacking cohesion ; loose b. lacking orderly continuity, arrangement, or relevance ; inconsistent < an incoherent essay > c. lacking normal clarity or intelligibility in speech or thought < incoherent… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• incoherent tinnitus —    The term incoherent tinnitus comes from the Latin words in (not), cohaerens (coherent), and tinnire (to ring). It refers to a type of tinnitus (i.e. ringing in the ears ) in which the sound involved is perceived in the form of two distinct… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• incoherent — adjective 1》 incomprehensible or confusing in speech or writing.     ↘internally inconsistent; illogical. 2》 Physics (of waves) having no definite or stable phase relationship. Derivatives incoherence noun incoherency noun (plural incoherencies) …   English new terms dictionary

• incoherent — adj. 1 (of a person) unable to speak intelligibly. 2 (of speech etc.) lacking logic or consistency. 3 Physics (of waves) having no definite or stable phase relationship. Derivatives: incoherence n. incoherency n. (pl. ies). incoherently adv …   Useful english dictionary

• word salad — incoherent speech consisting of both real and imaginary words, lacking comprehensive meaning, and occurring in advanced schizophrenic states. [1910 15] * * * …   Universalium