Definitions for coherent

coherent co·her·ent

Spelling: [koh-heer-uh nt, -her-]
IPA: /koʊˈhɪər ənt, -ˈhɛr-/

Coherent is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 282 anagrams from letters in coherent (ceehnort).

Definitions for coherent

adjective

  1. logically connected; consistent:
  2. having a natural or due agreement of parts; harmonious:
  3. cohering; sticking together:
  4. Physics, Optics. of or relating to waves that maintain a fixed phase relationship, as in coherent light, or light in which the electromagnetic waves maintain a fixed and predictable phase relationship with each other over a period of time. See also laser.

Origin of coherent

1570-80; Medieval Latin cohērent-, variant of Latin cohaerent- (stem of cohaerēns), present participle of cohaerēre. See cohere, Examples for coherent

Eventually, ISIS will collapse as a coherent and effective force.

She tried to speak, but her words were hardly audible or coherent.

He said the failure to develop a coherent immigration policy would have a devastating impact.

But her brain was too numbed for reasoning and for coherent thought.

These portentous rumblings aside, no coherent position on ectogenesis has emerged so far within the pro-life movement.

His conversation for a moment or two was also coherent and timely.

These constitutions do not amount to a coherent intellectual tradition.

He tried to speak, but what he said was not coherent nor particularly intelligible.

The story of the fire was certainly not complete, but it was at least coherent, and three of our halftones adorned Page 1.

Of course the conversation in Platitudes must be connected and coherent.

Word Value for coherent
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13

Words with friends

14

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