coherent

coherent
    adj 1: marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically
           consistent relation of parts; "a coherent argument" [syn:
           {coherent}, {consistent}, {logical}, {ordered}] [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: {coherent},
       {logical}, {lucid}]
    3: (physics) of waves having a constant phase relation [ant:
       {incoherent}]
    4: sticking together; "two coherent sheets"; "tenacious burrs"
       [syn: {coherent}, {tenacious}]
    

Coherent \Co*her"ent\, a. [L. cohaerens, p. pr. See {Cohere}.]
   1. Sticking together; cleaving; as the parts of bodies; solid
      or fluid. --Arbuthnot.
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   2. Composed of mutually dependent parts; making a logical
      whole; consistent; as, a coherent plan, argument, or
      discourse.
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   3. Logically consistent; -- applied to persons; as, a
      coherent thinker. --Watts.
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   4. Suitable or suited; adapted; accordant. [Obs.]
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            Instruct my daughter how she shall persever,
            That time and place, with this deceit so lawful,
            May prove coherent.                   --Shak.
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   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.
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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