Coherent

//kəʊˈhɪə.ɹənt// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Unified; sticking together; making up a whole.

    "These people professed that the universe was one coherent thing; but they were not fond of the universe."

  2. 2
    Orderly, logical and consistent.

    "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."

  3. 3
    Aesthetically ordered.
  4. 4
    Having a natural or due agreement of parts; harmonious: a coherent design.
  5. 5
    Of waves having the same direction, wavelength and phase, as light in a laser.
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  1. 6
    Attaching or pressing against an organ of the same nature.
  2. 7
    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
  3. 8
    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.
  4. 9
    Finitely generated and such that all finitely generated submodules are finitely presented.
  5. 10
    Such that every finitely generated (left) ideal is finitely presented.
Adjective
  1. 1
    sticking together wordnet
  2. 2
    (physics) of waves having a constant phase relation wordnet
  3. 3
    marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts wordnet
  4. 4
    capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French coherent, from Latin cohaērēns, from co- + haereō. By surface analysis, cohere + -ent.

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