English Explanatory Dictionary

coherence

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quality of cohering, or being coherent; internal consistency.
  2. The quality of forming a unified whole.
  3. A logical arrangement of parts, as in writing.
  4. The property of having the same wavelength and phase.
  5. A semantic relationship between different parts of the same text.

Pronunciation

/kəʊˈhɪəɹ.ən(t)s/ /koʊˈhɪɹ.ən(t)s/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-coherence.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-coherence.wav

Word forms

coherence coherences cohærence

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin haereō Latin cohaereō Latin cohaerēns Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin cohaerentiader. Middle French coherenceder. English coherence From Middle French coherence, from Latin cohaerentia. By surface analysis, cohere + -ence.

Synonyms

coherency

Antonyms

incoherence

Related words

cohesion

Derived words

anticoherence autocoherence bicoherence coherence time coherin multicoherence overcoherence quantum coherence recoherence supercoherence tricoherence unicoherence
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