Definitions for coherence

coherence co·her·ence

Spelling: [koh-heer-uh ns, -her-]
IPA: /koʊˈhɪər əns, -ˈhɛr-/

Coherence is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 151 anagrams from letters in coherence (cceeehnor).

Definitions for coherence

noun

  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. Linguistics. 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. Compare cohesion (def 4).

Origin of coherence

First recorded in 1570-80; coher(ent) + -ence

Examples for coherence

Betsy took her by the shoulders, and shook her into coherence.

Why stifle his powers for the sake of a coherence which did not exist!

But you will say, what coherence has this remark with the matter in question?

Consequently, they can no longer assume the coherence of language.

He was talking about places that give a neighborhood its stability and coherence, where we can see familiar faces and decompress.

For now, the coherence and scale of Moral Mondays is a success ironically founded in shared defeat.

There was no coherence in the noises he was making in his effort to speak words.

"Well," he went on with an evident effort at self-control and coherence.

At about this point the conversation lost its coherence in Pop's ears.

It is constructed with regard to Unity, Mass, and coherence.

Word Value for coherence
Scrable

16

Words with friends

18

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