'Coherence' definitions:
Definition of 'coherence'
From: WordNet
noun
The state of cohering or sticking together [syn: coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness] [ant: incoherence, incoherency]
noun
Logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts [syn: coherence, coherency]
Definition of 'Coherence'
From: GCIDE
- Coherence \Co*her"ence\, Coherency \Co*her"en*cy\, n. [L. cohaerentia: cf. F. coh['e]rence.]
- 1. A sticking or cleaving together; union of parts of the same body; cohesion. [1913 Webster]
- 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; a logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts; consecutiveness. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. the state of cohering.
- Syn: cohesion, cohesiveness. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'coherence'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accord,
- accordance,
- accretion,
- adherence,
- adhesion,
- affinity,
- agglomeration,
- agglutination,
- agreement,
- assent,
- bond,
- chorus,
- clarity,
- clear-cutness,
- clearness,
- cling,
- clinging,
- clotting,
- clustering,
- coagulation,
- cohesion,
- cohesiveness,
- coincidence,
- compaction,
- compatibility,
- concert,
- concord,
- concordance,
- concretion,
- condensation,
- conformance,
- conformation,
- conformity,
- congealment,
- congelation,
- congeniality,
- conglobation,
- conglomeration,
- congruence,
- congruency,
- congruity,
- connectedness,
- consistency,
- consolidation,
- consonance,
- consort,
- cooperation,
- correspondence,
- crystallinity,
- definition,
- directness,
- distinctness,
- equivalence,
- explicitness,
- harmony,
- impartibility,
- indiscerptibility,
- indissolubility,
- indivisibility,
- infrangibility,
- infusibility,
- inseparability,
- insolubility,
- integrity,
- intersection,
- junction,
- limpidity,
- lucidity,
- oneness,
- overlap,
- parallelism,
- peace,
- pellucidity,
- perspicuity,
- plain English,
- plain speech,
- plain style,
- plainness,
- rapport,
- self-consistency,
- set,
- simplicity,
- solidarity,
- solidification,
- sticking,
- straightforwardness,
- structure,
- symmetry,
- sync,
- synchronism,
- tally,
- timing,
- transparency,
- transpicuity,
- unadorned style,
- unambiguousness,
- unequivocalness,
- uniformity,
- union,
- unison,
- unisonance,
- unity,
- unmistakableness