to be incoherent

  • 1incohérent — incohérent, ente [ ɛ̃kɔerɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • 1751; de 1. in et cohérent 1 ♦ Qui manque de liaison, de suite, d unité. Gestes incohérents. ⇒ désordonné. Images incohérentes d un rêve. Tenir des propos incohérents. ⇒ absurde, extravagant, illogique,… …

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  • 2Incoherent scatter — refers to a ground based technique for studying the earth s ionosphere. A radar beam scattering off electrons in the ionospheric plasma creates an incoherent scatter echo. The ionospheric electrons are controlled by the much slower and massive… …

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  • 3Incoherent — 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… …

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  • 4incohérent — incohérent, ente (in ko é ran, ran t ) adj. 1°   Terme de physique. Qui manque de cohérence. Les parties de l eau sont incohérentes ; d où la fluidité.    Terme de géologie. Couches incohérentes, couches dont les substances constituantes n ont… …

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  • 5incoherent — INCOHERÉNT, Ă adj. v. incoerent. Trimis de valeriu, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  INCOHERÉNT, Ă adj. v. incoerent. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN …

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  • 6incoherent — [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 …

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  • 7incoherent — index disconnected, disjointed, disordered, incomprehensible Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 8incoherent discourse — index jargon (unintelligible language) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 9Incoherent-Scatter-Verfahren —   [ɪnkəʊ hɪərənt skætə , englisch], Ionosphäre …

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  • 10incoherent — (adj.) 1620s, from IN (Cf. in ) (1) not, opposite of + COHERENT (Cf. coherent). Related: Incoherently …

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