coherence

See also: cohérence

English

Alternative forms

• cohærence (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French coherence, from Latin cohaerentia.

Noun

coherence (countable and uncountable, plural coherences)

1. The quality of cohering, or being coherent; internal consistency.

   His arguments lacked coherence.

2. A logical arrangement of parts.
3. (physics, of waves) The property of having the same wavelength and phase.
4. (linguistics, translation studies) A semantic relationship between different parts of the same text.

Antonyms

• incoherence

Related terms

• cohesion

Translations

quality of cohering; of being coherent

• Bulgarian: съгласуваност (bg) f (sǎglasuvanost)
• Catalan: coherència (ca) f
• Chinese:

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• Czech: soudržnost f
• Finnish: johdonmukaisuus (fi)
• French: cohérence (fr) f
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• German: Kohärenz (de) f, Geschlossenheit (de) f
• Greek: συνοχή (el) f (synochí), συνάφεια (el) f (synáfeia)
• Lithuanian: darna f
• Polish: koherencja (pl) f
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: coherencia (es) f
• Turkish: insicam (tr), yapışma (tr)

logical arrangements of parts

• Bulgarian: свързване (bg) n (svǎrzvane)
• Catalan: coherència (ca) f
• Chinese:

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• Finnish: kokonaisuus (fi), koherenssi (fi), yhtenäisyys (fi)
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• German: Zusammenhang (de) m
• Greek: συνοχή (el) f (synochí), συνάφεια (el) f (synáfeia)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: coherencia (es) f
• Turkish: âhenk (tr), tutarlılık (tr), uyumluluk (tr)

having the same wavelength and phase

• Bulgarian: кохерентност (bg) f (koherentnost)
• Chinese:

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• Czech: koherence f
• Finnish: koherenssi (fi)
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• German: Kohärenz (de) f
• Greek: συμφωνία (el) f (symfonía)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: koherent (tr)

semantic relationship

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 連貫性／连贯性 (zh) (liánguànxìng), 连贯性 (zh) (liánguànxìng)

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• Finnish: koherenssi (fi)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

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• French: ^{(please verify)} cohérence (fr)
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References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “coherence”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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Middle French

Noun

coherence f (uncountable)

1. coherence; quality of being internally consistent

Descendants

• English: coherence
• French: cohérence