单词 | coherence |
释义 | coherence /koh hear"euhns, -her"-/, n. 1. the act or state of cohering; cohesion. 2. logical interconnection; overall sense or understandability. 3. congruity; consistency. 4. Physics , Optics. (of waves) the state of being coherent. 5. Ling. the property of unity in a written text or a segment of spoken discourse that stems from the links among its underlying ideas and from the logical organization and development of its thematic content. Cf. cohesion (def. 4). Also, coherency. [1570-80; COHER(ENT) + -ENCE] Syn. 3. correspondence, harmony, agreement, rationality. |
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