coherence (noun)
1coherence — coherent ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of an argument or theory) logical and consistent. 2) able to speak clearly and logically. 3) holding together to form a whole. DERIVATIVES coherence noun coherently adverb …
2coherence — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ internal ▪ Your essay lacks internal coherence. ▪ narrative, structural ▪ ideological, intellectual, logical …
3coherence — late 16c., from M.Fr. cohérence (16c.), from L. cohaerentia, noun of state from cohaerentem (see COHERENT (Cf. coherent)). Related: Coherency …
4coherence — noun Date: circa 1580 1. the quality or state of cohering: as a. systematic or logical connection or consistency b. integration of diverse elements, relationships, or values 2. the property of being coherent …
5coherence — noun a) the quality of cohering; of being coherent; internal consistency. His arguments lacked coherence. b) a logical arrangements of parts Ant: incoherence See Also: coh …
6coherence — I noun adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness, agreement, apprehensibility, attachment, blending, cleavage, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness, comprehensibility, concert, congruence, congruity, conjunction, connectedness, connection, consistency,… …
7coherence theory — noun : the theory that the ultimate criterion of truth is the coherence of all its separate parts with one another and with experience contrasted with correspondence theory * * * Philos. the theory of truth that every true statement, insofar as… …
8coherence — noun 1. the state of cohering or sticking together • Syn: ↑coherency, ↑cohesion, ↑cohesiveness • Ant: ↑incoherence • Derivationally related forms: ↑cohesive ( …
9coherence — also co.her.en.cy noun (U) 1 a reasonable connection or relation between ideas, arguments, statements etc: An overall theme will help to give your essay coherence. 2 if a group has coherence, its members are connected or united because they share …
10coherence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Sticking together Nouns 1. coherence, adherence, adhesion, cohesion, adhesiveness; concretion, accretion; conglutination, coagulation, agglutination; set, gel, jell, jelly, cementation; sticking,… …
