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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024co•her•ent /koʊˈhɪrənt, -ˈhɛr-/USA pronunciation adj. - logically connected;
consistent:a coherent speech. - speaking, talking, or thinking lucidly:The patient is coherent now.
- having a natural agreement of parts;
harmonious:a coherent design. co•her•ent•ly, adv. See -here-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024co•her•ent (kō hēr′ənt, -her′-),USA pronunciation adj. - logically connected;
consistent:a coherent argument. - cohering;
sticking together:a coherent mass of sticky candies. - having a natural or due agreement of parts;
harmonious:a coherent design. - Physics, Optics, Opticsof or pertaining to waves that maintain a fixed phase relationship, as in coherent light. Cf. laser.
- Medieval Latin cohērent-, variant of Latin cohaerent- (stem of cohaerēns), present participle of cohaerēre. See cohere, -ent
- 1570–80
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