Associations to the word «Coherence»

Wiktionary

COHERENCE, noun. Quality of cohering; of being coherent; internal consistency.
COHERENCE, noun. A logical arrangement of parts
COHERENCE, noun. (physics) (of waves) the property of having the same wavelength and phase.
COHERENCE, noun. (linguistics) Semantic relationship between different parts of the same text.

Dictionary definition

COHERENCE, noun. The state of cohering or sticking together.
COHERENCE, noun. Logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.