COHERENCE

coherence, coherency

(noun) logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts

coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness

(noun) the state of cohering or sticking together

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

coherence (countable and uncountable, plural coherences)

The quality of cohering, or being coherent; internal consistency.

A logical arrangement of parts, as in writing.

(physics, of waves) The property of having the same wavelength and phase.

(linguistics, translation studies) A semantic relationship between different parts of the same text.

Antonyms

• incoherence

Source: Wiktionary


Co*her"ence, Co*her"en*cy, n. Etym: [L. cohaerentia: cf. F. cohérence.]

1. A sticking or cleaving together; union of parts of the same body; cohesion.

2. Connection or dependence, proceeding from the subordination of the parts of a thing to one principle or purpose, as in the parts of a discourse, or of a system of philosophy; consecutiveness. Coherence of discourse, and a direct tendency of all the parts of it to the argument in hand, are most eminently to be found in him. Locke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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1 June 2025

BACKFIRE

(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”


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