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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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; consecutiveness. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: coherence n 1: the state of cohering [syn: {coherency}, {cohesion}, {cohesiveness}] [ant: {incoherence}] 2: logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts [syn: {coherency}]
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