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Coherent   /koʊhˈɪrənt/   Listen
Coherent

adjective
1.
Marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts.  Synonyms: consistent, logical, ordered.
2.
Capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner.  Synonyms: logical, lucid.  "She was more coherent than she had been just after the accident"
3.
(physics) of waves having a constant phase relation.
4.
Sticking together.  Synonym: tenacious.  "Tenacious burrs"





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"Coherent" Quotes from Famous Books



... to which we have referred were seldom coherent; but the disjointed utterances sufficed to indicate the natural character of the man. As the ruling passion is said to become dominant in death, so, in this death of reason which appeared to have passed upon Zeppa, love of ...
— The Madman and the Pirate • R.M. Ballantyne
... herself to utter a muffled exclamation, not coherent. Instantly she added some words suitable to religious observances, but in a voice of passion. At the same time, with a fine gesture, she hurled the jar and the basket from her, and both came in contact with the wall, not far away, with ...
— Gentle Julia • Booth Tarkington
... your mouth, the Lord would fill it. As for him, he had no thought of what he should say to his people when he rose to speak. He trusted to the inspiration of the moment, and dashed blindly into speech, coherent or otherwise. ...
— The heart of happy hollow - A collection of stories • Paul Laurence Dunbar
... have attempted to construct a coherent narrative of past times from the fragmentary information furnished by survivors, are aware of the difficulty of ascertaining the true sequence of events indiscriminately recalled. For this purpose the newspapers of the date were indispensable. Of other documents ...
— The Trumpet-Major • Thomas Hardy
... such a very good letter that I am ashamed to exhibit myself before my junior (which you are, after all) in the light of the dreary idiot I feel. Understand that there will be nothing funny in the following pages. If I can manage to be rationally coherent, I shall ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson


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