coherent
/koʊˈhɛɹ.ənt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.63 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Orderly, logical and consistent.
adj
adj
Belonging to a specific class of sheaves having particularly manageable properties closely linked to the geometrical properties of the underlying space. See Coherent sheaf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
adj
In a technical sense, determined by the (topology of) the subsets. Formally, Such that 𝒯 is the finest topology on T for which the inclusion maps ιₐ:C_a→T are continuous, where each C_a is considered with its subspace topology.
Example Sentences
- "A sentence like this one cannot be understood unless somehow we can store the underlined words for several seconds, while we wait for the rest of the sentence to arrive, with the information needed to complete a coherent thought."
- "Anglia, is part of a wider phenomenon of the seventh century - the development of recognisable, coherent kingdoms from the fragmented tribal society which emerged from the ruins of Roman Britain."
- "They estimate that an individual fragment remains coherent for only about 10,000 years once it is exposed to the surrounding gas. After that, its material is largely shredded and mixed into interstellar space."
- "At present she is unable to give any coherent account of the past, and the doctors hold out no hopes of the reestablishment of her reason."
- "Perhaps Khrushchev did have a coherent plan in mind at the time he placed the nuclear missiles in Cuba."
- "The underlying problem with transport policy is that there no coherent strategy. Ministers have tended to encourage greater use of motor vehicles through both transport and (particularly) planning policies, while simultaneously warning of the terrible consequences of unfettered growth of road use."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin haereō Latin cohaereō Latin cohaerēnsder. Middle French coherentder. English coherent From Middle French coherent, from Latin cohaērēns, from co- + haereō. By surface analysis, cohere + -ent.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: coherent, cohaērēns
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /koʊˈhɛɹ.ənt/
- British English: /kəʊˈhɪə.ɹənt/