adj · 14 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/kəʊˈhɪə.ɹənt/
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General-American:/koʊˈhɛɹ.ənt/
General-American:/koʊˈhiɹ.ənt/
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Canada:/koːˈhɪɹ.ənt/
Australian:/kəʉˈhɪə.ɹənt/
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New-Zealand:/kɐʉˈhiə.ɹənt/
New-Zealand:/kɐʉˈhiːə.ɹənt/
CMU ARPABET:K OW0 HH IH1 R AH0 N T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Unified; sticking together; making up a whole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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2
adj
Meaning 2
Orderly, logical and consistent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: disjointed
3
adj
Meaning 3
Aesthetically ordered.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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4
adj
Meaning 4
Having a natural or due agreement of parts; harmonious: a coherent design.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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5
adj
Meaning 5
Of waves having the same direction, wavelength and phase, as light in a laser.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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6
adj
Meaning 6
Attaching or pressing against an organ of the same nature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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7
adj
Meaning 7
Belonging to a specific class of sheaves having particularly manageable properties closely linked to the geometrical properties of the underlying space. See Coherent sheaf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: sheaf theory
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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8
adj
Meaning 8
In a technical sense, determined by the (topology of) the subsets. Formally, Such that T is the finest topology on T for which the inclusion maps ιa:C_a→T are continuous, where each C_a is considered with its subspace topology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology
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9
adj
Meaning 9
Finitely generated and such that all finitely generated submodules are finitely presented.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences
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10
adj
Meaning 10
Such that every finitely generated (left) ideal is finitely presented.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences
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11
adjective
Meaning 11
(physics) of waves having a constant phase relation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: incoherent
12
adjective
Meaning 12
marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a coherent argument
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: consistent, logical, ordered
Antonyms: incoherent
13
adjective satellite
Meaning 13
sticking together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
two coherent sheets
tenacious burrs
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tenacious
Antonyms: none provided
14
adjective satellite
Meaning 14
capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a lucid thinker
she was more coherent than she had been just after the accident
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: logical, lucid
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin haereō Latin cohaereō Latin cohaerēnsder. Middle French coherentder. English coherent From Middle French coherent, from Latin cohaērēns, from co- + haereō. By surface analysis, cohere + -ent.
Across languages
Translations
83 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
свързан
(svǎrzan)
— sticking together
Bulgarian:
съгласуван
(sǎglasuvan)
— sticking together
Catalan:
coherent
— sticking together
Chinese Mandarin:
凝聚的
(níngjù de)
— sticking together
Czech:
soudržný
— sticking together
Dutch:
samenhangend
— sticking together
Dutch:
coherent
— sticking together
Finnish:
koherentti
— sticking together
Finnish:
yhtenäinen
— sticking together
German:
kohärent
— sticking together
German:
zusammenhängend
— sticking together
Greek:
συνεκτικός
(synektikós)
— sticking together
Greek:
συναφής
(synafís)
— sticking together
Greek:
συνδεδεμένος
(syndedeménos)
— sticking together
Hebrew:
עקבי
(ikví)
— sticking together
Hebrew:
עקיב
(akív)
— sticking together
Hebrew:
קוהרנטי
(koherénti)
— sticking together
Hungarian:
koherens
— sticking together
Hungarian:
összefüggő
— sticking together
Manx:
co-haagh
— sticking together
Norwegian Bokmål:
koherent
— sticking together
Norwegian Nynorsk:
koherent
— sticking together
Portuguese:
coerente
— sticking together
Russian:
свя́зный
(svjáznyj)
— sticking together
Spanish:
coherente
— sticking together
Ukrainian:
зв'я́зний
(zvʺjáznyj)
— sticking together
Albanian:
koherént
— orderly, logical and consistent
Bulgarian:
ясен
(jasen)
— orderly, logical and consistent
Bulgarian:
последователен
(posledovatelen)
— orderly, logical and consistent
Catalan:
coherent
— orderly, logical and consistent
Chinese Mandarin:
有條理的 /有条理的
(yǒu tiáolǐ de)
— orderly, logical and consistent
Chinese Mandarin:
連貫的 /连贯的
(liánguàn de)
— orderly, logical and consistent
Czech:
souvislý
— orderly, logical and consistent
Czech:
ucelený
— orderly, logical and consistent
Danish:
sammenhængende
— orderly, logical and consistent
Dutch:
samenhangend
— orderly, logical and consistent
Dutch:
coherent
— orderly, logical and consistent
Esperanto:
kohera
— orderly, logical and consistent
Finnish:
koherentti
— orderly, logical and consistent
Finnish:
johdonmukainen
— orderly, logical and consistent
French:
cohérent
— orderly, logical and consistent
Galician:
coherente
— orderly, logical and consistent
German:
kohärent
— orderly, logical and consistent
German:
schlüssig
— orderly, logical and consistent
German:
widerspruchsfrei
— orderly, logical and consistent
German:
folgerichtig
— orderly, logical and consistent
Greek:
συνεκτικός
(synektikós)
— orderly, logical and consistent
Hungarian:
egységes
— orderly, logical and consistent
Hungarian:
koherens
— orderly, logical and consistent
Italian:
coerente
— orderly, logical and consistent
Latin:
contextus
— orderly, logical and consistent
Maltese:
koerenti
— orderly, logical and consistent
Manx:
resoonagh
— orderly, logical and consistent
Manx:
colhiantynagh
— orderly, logical and consistent
Occitan:
coerent
— orderly, logical and consistent
Persian:
منطقی
(manteqi)
— orderly, logical and consistent
Polish:
koherentny
— orderly, logical and consistent
Portuguese:
coerente
— orderly, logical and consistent
Russian:
свя́зный
(svjáznyj)
— orderly, logical and consistent
Russian:
после́довательный
(poslédovatelʹnyj)
— orderly, logical and consistent
Scottish Gaelic:
pongail
— orderly, logical and consistent
Spanish:
coherente
— orderly, logical and consistent
Finnish:
sopusointuinen
— aesthetically ordered
German:
stimmig
— aesthetically ordered
Persian:
مرتب
(morattab)
— aesthetically ordered
Bulgarian:
кохерентен
(koherenten)
— of waves having the same direction, wavelength and phase
Catalan:
coherent
— of waves having the same direction, wavelength and phase
Chinese Mandarin:
相干的
(xiānggān de)
— of waves having the same direction, wavelength and phase
Czech:
koherentní
— of waves having the same direction, wavelength and phase
Esperanto:
kohera
— of waves having the same direction, wavelength and phase
Finnish:
koherentti
— of waves having the same direction, wavelength and phase
Finnish:
samanvaiheinen
— of waves having the same direction, wavelength and phase
French:
cohérent
— of waves having the same direction, wavelength and phase
German:
kohärent
— of waves having the same direction, wavelength and phase
Greek:
σύμφωνος
(sýmfonos)
— of waves having the same direction, wavelength and phase
Kazakh:
когеренттi
(kogerentti)
— of waves having the same direction, wavelength and phase
Malay:
koheren
— of waves having the same direction, wavelength and phase
Norwegian Bokmål:
koherent
— of waves having the same direction, wavelength and phase
Norwegian Nynorsk:
koherent
— of waves having the same direction, wavelength and phase
Polish:
koherentny
— of waves having the same direction, wavelength and phase
Portuguese:
coerente
— of waves having the same direction, wavelength and phase
Russian:
когере́нтный
(kogeréntnyj)
— of waves having the same direction, wavelength and phase
Spanish:
coherente
— of waves having the same direction, wavelength and phase