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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Coherent \Co*her"ent\, adjective [L. cohaerens, p. pr. See {Cohere}.]
1. Sticking together; cleaving; as the parts of bodies; solid or fluid. --Arbuthnot.
2. Composed of mutually dependent parts; making a logical whole; consistent; as, a coherent plan, argument, or discourse.
3. Logically consistent; -- applied to persons; as, a coherent thinker. --Watts.
4. Suitable or suited; adapted; accordant. [Obs.]
Instruct my daughter how she shall persever, That time and place, with this deceit so lawful, May prove coherent. --Shak.
5. (Physics, Optics) Of or pertaining to electromagnetic waves that have a constant phase relationship with each other; having identical phase at all points; as, the coherent light produced by a laser. [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
coherent
adjective
1: marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts; "a coherent argument" [ant: {incoherent}]
2: 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" [syn: {logical}, {lucid}]
3: sticking together; "two coherent sheets"; "tenacious burrs" [syn: {tenacious}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
116 Moby Thesaurus words for "coherent": accordant, adhering, affirmative, agglutinate, agreeable, agreeing, answerable, articulate, at one, clean-cut, clear, clear as crystal, clear as day, clear-cut, cleaving, clinging, coexistent, coexisting, cohering, cohesive, coincident, coinciding, commensurate, compatible, comprehensible, concordant, concurring, conformable, congenial, congruent, congruous, connected, consentaneous, consentient, consistent, consonant, cooperating, cooperative, correspondent, corresponding, crisp, crystal-clear, crystalline, defined, definite, direct, distinct, en rapport, equivalent, explicit, express, harmonious, holding together, impartible, in accord, in agreement, in rapport, in sync, in synchronization, inaccordance, indiscerptible, indissoluble, indissolvable, indivisible, infrangible, infusible, inharmony, inseparable, insoluble, intelligible, like-minded, limpid, logical, loud and clear, lucid, luminous, of a piece, of like mind, of one mind, on all fours, orderly, organized, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, positive, proportionate, rational, reasonable, reconcilable, self-consistent, sensible, simple, sticking, straightforward, stuck, symbiotic, synchronized, synchronous, translucent, transparent, transpicuous, unambiguous, unanimous, unconfused, understandable, undividable, unequivocal, unified, uniform, unisonant, unisonous, univocal, unmistakable, well-defined, well-ordered
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