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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coherent \Co*her"ent\, a. [L. cohaerens p. pr See {Cohere}.]
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
discourse.
3. Logically consistent; -- applied to persons; as a
coherent thinker. --Watts.
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 coherent. --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
coherent
adj 1: marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent
relation of parts "a coherent argument" [ant: {incoherent}]
2: capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and
consistent manner; "a lucid thinker"; "she was more
coherent than she had been just after the accident" [syn:
{logical}, {lucid}]
3: sticking together; "two coherent sheets"; "tenacious burrs"
[syn: {tenacious}]
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