coherence
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coherence
- /kəʊˈhɪəɹ.ən(t)s/ UK
- /koʊˈhɪɹ.ən(t)s/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle French coherence, from Latin cohaerentia. By surface analysis, cohere + -ence.
noun coherences · cohærence
- The quality of cohering, or being coherent; internal consistency. His arguments lacked coherence.
- The quality of forming a unified whole. When I come to his connection with Blanche Stroeve I am exasperated by the fragmentariness of the facts at my disposal. To give my story coherence I should describe the progress of their tragic union, but I know nothing of the three months during which they lived together.
- A logical arrangement of parts, as in writing. In a lesson on coherence in academic writing, students engaged in the following discussion on the online platform TodaysMeet.
- The property of having the same wavelength and phase.
- A semantic relationship between different parts of the same text.
Similar: coherency · Opposite: incoherence
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: coherency, cohesiveness, cohesion, consistency, cohesive, congruency, coherent, congruence, congruity, coordinate, unity, unanimous, interdependent, unanimity, unification, unanimously
noun
Similar: coherency · Opposite: incoherence
Translations
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noun quality of cohering; of being coherent
| Español | coherencia |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 一貫 ikkan, 辻褄 tsujitsuma, コヒーレンシ kohīrenshi |
| Português | coerência |
| Français | cohérence |
| Deutsch | Kohärenz, Geschlossenheit |
| Italiano | coerenza |
| Ελληνικά | συνοχή synochí, συνάφεια synáfeia |
| Русский | свя́зность svjáznostʹ |
noun logical arrangements of parts
| Español | coherencia |
|---|---|
| Português | coerência |
| Deutsch | Zusammenhang |
| Ελληνικά | συνοχή synochí, συνάφεια synáfeia |
| Русский | после́довательность poslédovatelʹnostʹ |
noun having the same wavelength and phase
| Português | coerência |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Kohärenz |
| Ελληνικά | συμφωνία symfonía |
| Русский | когере́нтность kogeréntnostʹ |
Talk about this word "coherence." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/coherence. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. coherence. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/coherence "coherence." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/coherence.Cite this
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title = {coherence},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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