Associations to the word «Coherent»

Wiktionary

COHERENT, adjective. Unified; sticking together; making up a whole.
COHERENT, adjective. Orderly, logical and consistent.
COHERENT, adjective. Aesthetically ordered.
COHERENT, adjective. Having a natural or due agreement of parts; harmonious: a coherent design.
COHERENT, adjective. (physics) Of waves having the same direction, wavelength and phase, as light in a laser.
COHERENT, adjective. (botany) Attaching or pressing against an organ of the same nature.
COHERENT, adjective. (math) (of a sheaf) Belonging to a specific class of sheaves having particularly manageable properties closely linked to the geometrical properties of the underlying space.
COHERENT LIGHT, noun. (physics) Light of a uniform wavelength and phase; as used in lasers

Dictionary definition

COHERENT, adjective. Marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts; "a coherent argument".
COHERENT, adjective. 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".
COHERENT, adjective. (physics) of waves having a constant phase relation.
COHERENT, adjective. Sticking together; "two coherent sheets"; "tenacious burrs".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley