- COHERENT
- that condition where the major POSTULATES are both self-consistent and fit the facts of experience.
Concise dictionary of Religion. 2012.
COHERENT
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Coherent — Basisdaten Entwickler Mark Williams Company Version 4.2.10 (1995) Abstammung … Deutsch Wikipedia
cohérent — cohérent, ente [ kɔerɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • 1524; lat. cohærens, p. prés. de cohærere « adhérer ensemble » 1 ♦ Didact. Qui présente de la cohérence, de l homogénéité. ⇒ homogène. 2 ♦ Qui se compose de parties compatibles, liées et harmonisées entre… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Coherent — Co*her ent, a. [L. cohaerens, p. pr. See {Cohere}.] 1. Sticking together; cleaving; as the parts of bodies; solid or fluid. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2. Composed of mutually dependent parts; making a logical whole; consistent; as, a coherent plan … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cohérent — cohérent, ente (ko é ran, ran t ) adj. 1° Qui tient réciproquement ensemble. Les grains du grès sont très cohérents. Les molécules du fer sont bien plus cohérentes que celles du plomb. En botanique, étamines cohérentes, étamines qui tiennent … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
cohérent — COHÉRENT, ENTE, adj. se dit Des parties d un tout qui sont liées entre elles, et du tout lui même relativement à la liaison de ses parties. Ce raisonnement est cohérent dans toutes ses parties … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
coherent — COHERÉNT, Ă adj. v. coerent. Trimis de IoanSoleriu, 28.06.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 COHERÉNT, Ă adj. v. coerent. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN … Dicționar Român
coherent — 1550s, from M.Fr. cohérent (16c.), from L. cohaerentem (nom. cohaerens), prp. of cohaerere cohere, from com together (see CO (Cf. co )) + haerere to stick (see HESITATION (Cf. hesitation)) … Etymology dictionary
coherent — coherent, cohesive Both words come from a Latin root related to our word cohere, but their meanings are different. Coherent means ‘logical and consistent’ and is applied to speakers and their arguments. See also cogent. Cohesive means ‘tending to … Modern English usage
coherent — I (clear) adjective adapted to the understanding, apparent, apprehensible, articulate, audible, clear cut, cogent, cognizable, cohaerens, comprehensible, concise, congruens, decipherable, defined, definite, direct, discernible, distinct, easily… … Law dictionary
coherent — [adj] understandable articulate, comprehensible, consistent, identified, intelligible, logical, lucid, meaningful, orderly, organized, rational, reasoned, sound, systematic; concept 402 Ant. disorganized, incomprehensible, irrational, not… … New thesaurus
coherent — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of an argument or theory) logical and consistent. 2) able to speak clearly and logically. 3) holding together to form a whole. DERIVATIVES coherence noun coherently adverb … English terms dictionary
