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coherent

Pronunciation: /kə(ʊ)ˈhɪər(ə)nt/
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Definition of coherent

adjective

  • 1(of an argument, theory, or policy) logical and consistent:they failed to develop a coherent economic strategy
  • (of a person) able to speak clearly and logically:she was lucid and coherent and did not appear to be injured
  • 2forming a unified whole:the arts could be systematized into one coherent body of knowledge
  • 3 Physics (of waves) having a constant phase relationship.

Derivatives

coherently

adverb

Origin:

mid 16th century (in the sense 'logically related to'): from Latin cohaerent- 'sticking together', from the verb cohaerere (see cohere)

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