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coherent

[ koh-heer-uhnt, -her- ]

adjective

  1. logically connected; consistent:

    a coherent argument.

  2. having a natural or due agreement of parts; harmonious:

    a coherent design.

  3. cohering; sticking together:

    a coherent mass of sticky candies.

  4. Physics, Optics. of or relating to waves that maintain a fixed phase relationship, as in coherent light, or light in which the electromagnetic waves maintain a fixed and predictable phase relationship with each other over a period of time. laser.


coherent

/ əʊˈɪəəԳ /

adjective

  1. capable of logical and consistent speech, thought, etc
  2. logical; consistent and orderly
  3. cohering or sticking together
  4. physics (of two or more waves) having the same phase or a fixed phase difference

    coherent light

  5. (of a system of units) consisting only of units the quotient or product of any two of which yield the unit of the resultant quantity
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԳٱ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ··Գ· adverb
  • ԴDz···Գ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of coherent1

First recorded in 1570–80; from Medieval Latin dzŧԳ-, variant of Latin cohaerent- (stem of dz󲹱ŧԲ ), present participle of dz󲹱ŧ; cohere, -ent
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“Make Sure You Die Screaming” is, on the surface, ideologically coherent, its narrator very clearly on the left and furious at their parents’ descent into right-wing conspiracy theories and grievance politics.

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There are, however, cracks in the alliance which add to the challenge of trying to make the movement “coherent”.

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Trump claims the interview was deceptively edited to make Harris appear more coherent and decisive.

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That scene captures a version of leadership that never was but makes us yearn for saner times and a president who valued human life — both foreign and domestic — and could string together a coherent sentence.

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Sarah Street, who heroically performed the work at a hurtling pace, confirmed for me that coherent narrative sense wasn’t what Beckett was aiming for.

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