incoherencen.

/ɪnkəʊˈhɪərəns/

Etymology: < in- prefix⁴ + coherence n.; compare Italian incoherenza (Florio, 1611), French incohérence (18th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).

The fact, condition, or quality of being incoherent.

1. literal. Want of cohesion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > lack of density > [noun] > loose texture > lack of cohesion

incoherence1672

1672 R. Boyle Hist. Fluidity §16, in Wks. (1772) I. 388 The smallness and incoherence of the parts do..make them easy to be put into motion.

1849 R. I. Murchison Siluria vii. 126 The..shale..from its incoherence has been denuded for the most part.

2. Want of connection; incompatibility, incongruity of subjects or matters.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [noun] > quality or condition of being incompatible

incompatibleness1608

incompatibility1611

incompossibility1629

incompetibilitya1660

incoherence1665

incompetibleness1727

1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. Introd. Pref. sig. A8^v The Incoherence of the Subjects..may make them look so little of kin to one another, as scarce to appear the Productions of the same Pen.

1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xi. 182 Impracticable Particulars, which troubled the Parliament the less for their incoherence, and impossibility to be reduced into practice.

1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. App. 214 The same author..says, ‘There is not a single view of human nature, which is not sufficient to extinguish the seeds of pride’. Observe the incoherence of the things here joined together, making a view extinguish, and extinguish seeds.

a. Want of coherence or connection in thought or language; incongruity, inconsistency; want of logical or rational consistency or congruity.

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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > [noun] > lack of coherence

raggedness1590

incoherence1611

incoherency1684

inchoateness1976

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Incoherenza, incoherence.

1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 49 The incoherence of such a doctrin, cannot, must not be thus interpreted.

1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 141 A Petition, fraught with Nonsense and Incoherence, Confusion and Impertinence.

1778 R. Lowth Isaiah (ed. 12) Notes 189 This obscure incoherence is given to it by the false rendering of a Hebrew particle.

1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm (1867) iv. 84 The intrinsic incoherence of heresy.

1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 98 Never was a greater amount of incoherence crammed into a short sentence.

b. with an and plural: An instance of this; an incoherent statement or proceeding.

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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > [noun] > lack of coherence > instance of

incoherence1658

incoherency1708

1658 J. Bramhall Consecration Protestant Bishops Justified viii. 157 A Testimony which is clogged with so many improbabilities and incongruities, and incoherences.

1710 J. Addison Whig Examiner No. 4. (Seager) The system of his politicks, when disembroiled and cleared of all those incoherences and independent matters that are woven into this motley piece.

1859 I. Taylor Logic in Theol. 285 This mythic theory is a mass of incoherences.

4. Physics. The property (of waves, or of phenomena involving them) of being incoherent (sense 5); lack of a definite or stable phase relationship between waves at different points (in space or in time).

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > mechanics > types of motion > [noun] > wave > shape, speed, period, length, etc.

waveform1845

wavelength1850

wave-front1867

wave-shell1877

wave velocity1887

wave period1909

transient1910

phase velocity1927

incoherence1938

waveshape1940

1938 Physica 5 785 In the usual treatment of interference and diffraction phenomena, there is nothing intermediate between coherence and incoherence... The first term is understood to mean complete dependence of phases, the second complete independence.

1958 Physical Rev. 101 7/2 This is a classical type of incoherence, such as would result if we had an assembly of classical oscillators with random initial phase.

1971 K. R. Barnes Optical Transfer Function ii. 7 Spatial incoherence implies that the phases of the monochromatic components of the light from all points of the object are changing at random.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	incoherence
释义	incoherencen. /ɪnkəʊˈhɪərəns/ Etymology: < in- prefix⁴ + coherence n.; compare Italian incoherenza (Florio, 1611), French incohérence (18th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter). The fact, condition, or quality of being incoherent. 1. literal. Want of cohesion. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > lack of density > [noun] > loose texture > lack of cohesion incoherence1672 1672 R. Boyle Hist. Fluidity §16, in Wks. (1772) I. 388 The smallness and incoherence of the parts do..make them easy to be put into motion. 1849 R. I. Murchison Siluria vii. 126 The..shale..from its incoherence has been denuded for the most part. 2. Want of connection; incompatibility, incongruity of subjects or matters. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [noun] > quality or condition of being incompatible incompatibleness1608 incompatibility1611 incompossibility1629 incompetibilitya1660 incoherence1665 incompetibleness1727 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. Introd. Pref. sig. A8^v The Incoherence of the Subjects..may make them look so little of kin to one another, as scarce to appear the Productions of the same Pen. 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xi. 182 Impracticable Particulars, which troubled the Parliament the less for their incoherence, and impossibility to be reduced into practice. 1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. App. 214 The same author..says, ‘There is not a single view of human nature, which is not sufficient to extinguish the seeds of pride’. Observe the incoherence of the things here joined together, making a view extinguish, and extinguish seeds. 3. a. Want of coherence or connection in thought or language; incongruity, inconsistency; want of logical or rational consistency or congruity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > [noun] > lack of coherence raggedness1590 incoherence1611 incoherency1684 inchoateness1976 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Incoherenza, incoherence. 1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 49 The incoherence of such a doctrin, cannot, must not be thus interpreted. 1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 141 A Petition, fraught with Nonsense and Incoherence, Confusion and Impertinence. 1778 R. Lowth Isaiah (ed. 12) Notes 189 This obscure incoherence is given to it by the false rendering of a Hebrew particle. 1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm (1867) iv. 84 The intrinsic incoherence of heresy. 1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 98 Never was a greater amount of incoherence crammed into a short sentence. b. with an and plural: An instance of this; an incoherent statement or proceeding. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > [noun] > lack of coherence > instance of incoherence1658 incoherency1708 1658 J. Bramhall Consecration Protestant Bishops Justified viii. 157 A Testimony which is clogged with so many improbabilities and incongruities, and incoherences. 1710 J. Addison Whig Examiner No. 4. (Seager) The system of his politicks, when disembroiled and cleared of all those incoherences and independent matters that are woven into this motley piece. 1859 I. Taylor Logic in Theol. 285 This mythic theory is a mass of incoherences. 4. Physics. The property (of waves, or of phenomena involving them) of being incoherent (sense 5); lack of a definite or stable phase relationship between waves at different points (in space or in time). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > types of motion > [noun] > wave > shape, speed, period, length, etc. waveform1845 wavelength1850 wave-front1867 wave-shell1877 wave velocity1887 wave period1909 transient1910 phase velocity1927 incoherence1938 waveshape1940 1938 Physica 5 785 In the usual treatment of interference and diffraction phenomena, there is nothing intermediate between coherence and incoherence... The first term is understood to mean complete dependence of phases, the second complete independence. 1958 Physical Rev. 101 7/2 This is a classical type of incoherence, such as would result if we had an assembly of classical oscillators with random initial phase. 1971 K. R. Barnes Optical Transfer Function ii. 7 Spatial incoherence implies that the phases of the monochromatic components of the light from all points of the object are changing at random. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1611
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