coherence
logical interconnection; overall sense or understandability.
congruity; consistency.
Physics, Optics. (of waves) the state of being coherent.
Linguistics. the property of unity in a written text or a segment of spoken discourse that stems from the links among its underlying ideas and from the logical organization and development of its thematic content.: Compare cohesion (def. 4).
Origin of coherence
1- Also co·her·en·cy .
Other words for coherence
Other words from coherence
- non·co·her·ence, noun
- non·co·her·en·cy, noun
Words Nearby coherence
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How to use coherence in a sentence
Their devices are designed to easily connect with one another, creating cohesion and coherence in the home, from wireless security systems to robot vacuums and light bulbs.
Best robot vacuum: Clean up without lifting a finger | Carsen Joenk | December 18, 2020 | Popular-ScienceSince then, multiple studies observed the same coherence in our neurons when we connect with other people—for example, when making eye contact, conversations, or collective decisions.
How Does Social Interaction Change Our Brains? Hyperscans Can Show Us | Shelly Fan | December 8, 2020 | Singularity HubPhiladelphia’s offense frequently lacks coherence and uses personnel in odd ways.
What to know from NFL Week 11: Carson Wentz looks lost, and Taysom Hill is just getting started | Adam Kilgore | November 23, 2020 | Washington PostThe most successful food pairings strike a carefully measured balance between complexity and coherence.
There’s a science to food pairing, and you can learn it here | Peter Coucquyt, Bernard Lahousse, and Johan Langenbick | October 22, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThey found that background radiation from cosmic rays and more prosaic sources like trace elements in concrete walls is enough to put a hard four-millisecond limit on the coherence time of superconducting qubits.
Could Quantum Computing Progress Be Halted by Background Radiation? | Edd Gent | August 31, 2020 | Singularity Hub
For now, the coherence and scale of Moral Mondays is a success ironically founded in shared defeat.
Progressive-palooza: On Obama, Occupy, and Moral Monday | Jedediah Purdy | July 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat decision would have forced photos in standardized formats to create a stylistic coherence.
Catastrophe,” declares Wright at one point, “lacked coherence.
American Dreams, 1983: Meditations in Green by Stephen Wright | Nathaniel Rich | September 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTLapid may not share Bennett's ideological coherence but does share his generational sentiments.
These goodies would add coherence both to the peace process and to U.S. policy toward the evolving Arab Spring.
Hamas Bears Lion’s Share of Blame for Israel-Gaza Tensions | Leslie H. Gelb | November 18, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTA few unimportant elisions have been made for the sake of brevity and coherence.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheIn arranging the materials of a story, the main considerations are Mass and coherence.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) Webstercoherence demands that events closely related shall stand close together: that an effect shall immediately follow its cause.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterThe arrangement depends on the principles that guided in narration, Mass and coherence.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterThough the same principles of coherence and Mass guide, they are more difficult to apply.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
British Dictionary definitions for coherence
coherency (kəʊˈhɪərənsɪ)
/ (kəʊˈhɪərəns) /
logical or natural connection or consistency
another word for cohesion (def. 1)
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Scientific definitions for coherence
[ kō-hîr′əns, -hĕr′- ]
A property holding for two or more waves or fields when each individual wave or field is in phase with every other one. Lasers, for example, emit almost perfectly coherent light; all the photons emitted by a laser have the same frequency and are in phase. Since quantum states can be described by a wave equation, coherence can hold for quantum states in general, though only among bosons. Coherence is generally possible in physical systems that may undergo superposition. Maintaining coherence of light is important in fiber optic communications. See also Bose-Einstein condensate.
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