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Webster 1913 Edition
Coherent
1.
Sticking together; cleaving; as the parts of bodies; solid or fluid.
Arbuthnot.
2.
Composed of mutually dependent parts; making a logical whole; consistent;
as, a
. coherent
plan, argument, or discourse3.
Logically consistent; – applied to persons;
as, a
. coherent
thinkerWatts.
4.
Suitable or suited; adapted; accordant.
[Obs.]
Instruct my daughter how she shall persever,
That time and place, with this deceit so lawful,
May prove
That time and place, with this deceit so lawful,
May prove
coherent
. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Coherent
COHERENT
, a.1.
Sticking together; cleaving; as the parts of bodies, solid or fluid.2.
Connected; united, by some relation in form or order; followed by to, but rather by with.3.
Suitable or suited; regularly adapted.4.
Consistent; having a due agreement of parts; as a coherent discourse. Or observing due agreement; as a coherent thinker or reasoner.Definition 2024
cohérent
cohérent
See also: coherent
French
Adjective
cohérent m (feminine singular cohérente, masculine plural cohérents, feminine plural cohérentes)