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coherent
[ koh-heer-uhnt, -her- ]
adjective
- logically connected; consistent:
a coherent argument.
- having a natural or due agreement of parts; harmonious:
a coherent design.
- cohering; sticking together:
a coherent mass of sticky candies.
- Physics, Optics. of or relating to waves that maintain a fixed phase relationship, as in coherent light, or light in which the electromagnetic waves maintain a fixed and predictable phase relationship with each other over a period of time. laser.
coherent
/ əʊˈɪəəԳ /
adjective
- capable of logical and consistent speech, thought, etc
- logical; consistent and orderly
- cohering or sticking together
- physics (of two or more waves) having the same phase or a fixed phase difference
coherent light
- (of a system of units) consisting only of units the quotient or product of any two of which yield the unit of the resultant quantity
Derived Forms
- ˈԳٱ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ··Գ· adverb
- ԴDz···Գ adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
But now, with Trump turning American economic power against friend and foe alike, we risk sliding into something closer to autarky, a world where the U.S. stands alone, detached from any coherent bloc.
A friend of mine who attended the L.A. rally said that while it was a rousing attack on current leadership, he didn’t hear a coherent, winning plan to bring down the ruling party.
The Supreme Court justices argued this was the only consistent, coherent interpretation.
Trump doesn't understand how tariffs work, doesn't have a coherent idea of why he's imposing them outside of pickle-brained hostility towards other countries, and changes his mind about them by the minute.
"He gets ideas, but does not follow a coherent pattern. There is no underlying strategy."
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