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Whether that coherence obtains universally is a question that need not be answered here since only those parts where the coherence has actually been found become part of Science.
Wilhelm Ostwald

Meaning of "coherence" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COHERENCE

coherence  [kəʊˈhɪərəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COHERENCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Coherence is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COHERENCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of coherence in the English dictionary

The definition of coherence in the dictionary is logical or natural connection or consistency.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COHERENCE


adherence
ədˈhɪərəns
anti-interference
ˌæntɪɪntəˈfɪərəns
appearance
əˈpɪərəns
clearance
ˈklɪərəns
coinherence
ˌkəʊɪnˈhɪərəns
compearance
kəmˈpɪərəns
conference
ˈkɒnfərəns
decoherence
ˌdiːkəʊˈhɪərəns
difference
ˈdɪfərəns
disappearance
ˌdɪsəˈpɪərəns
incoherence
ˌɪnkəʊˈhɪərəns
inherence
ɪnˈhɪərəns
insurance
ɪnˈʃʊərəns
interference
ˌɪntəˈfɪərəns
nonappearance
ˌnɒnəˈpɪərəns
noninterference
ˌnɒnɪntəˈfɪərəns
perseverance
ˌpɜːsɪˈvɪərəns
preclearance
priːˈklɪərəns
reappearance
ˌriːəˈpɪərəns
subappearance
ˌsʌbəˈpɪərəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COHERENCE

cohabiter
cohabitor
cohead
coheir
coheiress
Cohen
cohere
coherency
coherent
coherently
coherer
coheritor
cohesibility
cohesible
cohesion
cohesionless soil
cohesive
cohesive soil
cohesively
cohesiveness

WORDS THAT END LIKE COHERENCE

abhorrence
at your convenience
circumference
clarence
concurrence
cross-reference
Florence
indifference
inference
Laurence
Lawrence
make a difference
news conference
occurrence
preference
press conference
recurrence
Terence
time difference
transparence
with a difference

Synonyms and antonyms of coherence in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «COHERENCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «coherence» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of coherence

Translation of «coherence» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COHERENCE

Find out the translation of coherence to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of coherence from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «coherence» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

连贯性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

coherencia
570 millions of speakers

English

coherence
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जुटना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التماسك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

когерентности
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

coerência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সঙ্গতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cohérence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Koheren
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kohärenz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

一貫性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

통일성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Koheren
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự gắn kết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இணக்கத்தைப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एकसारखेपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

uyum
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

coerenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spójność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

когерентності
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

coerență
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συνοχή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

samehang
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

samstämmighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

koherens
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of coherence

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COHERENCE»

The term «coherence» is quite widely used and occupies the 27.552 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of coherence
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COHERENCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «coherence» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «coherence» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about coherence

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10 QUOTES WITH «COHERENCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word coherence.
1
Christopher Alexander
Nowadays, the process of growth and development almost never seems to manage to create this subtle balance between the importance of the individual parts, and the coherence of the environment as a whole. One or the other always dominates.
2
Chris Cannon
The American people are not anti-immigrant. We are concerned about the lack of coherence in our immigration policy and enforcement.
3
Benjamin N. Cardozo
There is in each of us a stream of tendency, whether you choose to call it philosophy or not, which gives coherence and direction to thought and action. Judges cannot escape that current any more than other mortals.
4
Mo Ibrahim
While the Marshall Plan was important for Europe's recovery, Europe's prosperity was really built on economic integration and policy coherence.
5
Michael King
When I was a child in the 1940s and early 1950s, my parents and grandparents spoke of Britain as home, and New Zealand had this strong sense of identity and coherence as being part of the commonwealth and a the identity of its people as being British.
6
Christian Lous Lange
The idea of eternity lives in all of us. We thirst to live in a belief which raises our small personality to a higher coherence - a coherence which is human and yet superhuman, absolute and yet steadily growing and developing, ideal and yet real.
7
Anna Lindh
We must focus much more on developing countries' own policies and priorities, and increase policy and operational coherence between national, regional and multilateral actors.
8
Michel Onfray
We do not possess an official certificate of birth for worship of one God. But the family line is clear: the Jews invented it to endure the coherence, cohesion and existence of their small, threatened people.
9
Wilhelm Ostwald
Whether that coherence obtains universally is a question that need not be answered here since only those parts where the coherence has actually been found become part of Science.
10
Kenneth L. Pike
With acknowledgement of residues, we can be more easily prepared to grant the unit of science, the overlapping of disciplines, and the total coherence of all facts.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COHERENCE»

Discover the use of coherence in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to coherence and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Oracle Coherence 3.5
Create Internet-scale applications using Oracle's Coherence high-performance data grid with this book and eBook
Aleksandar Seovic, Mark Falco, Patrick Peralta, 2010
2
Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics
This book presents a systematic account of optical coherence theory within the framework of classical optics, as applied to such topics as radiation from sources of different states of coherence, foundations of radiometry, effects of source ...
Leonard Mandel, Emil Wolf, 1995
3
Collaborating Towards Coherence: Lexical Cohesion in English ...
This book approaches cohesion and coherence from a perspective of interaction and collaboration.
Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen, 2006
4
Beyond Narrative Coherence
The authors of the book cover a wide range of disciplines such as psychology, sociology, arts studies, political science and philosophy.
Matti Hyvärinen, 2010
5
Coherence in Thought and Action
This book is an essay on how people make sense of each other and the world they live in.
Paul Thagard, 2002
6
Introduction to the Theory of Coherence and Polarization of ...
A unified treatment of coherence theory and polarization for graduate students and researchers in physics and engineering.
Emil Wolf, 2007
7
A Primer on Memory Consistency and Cache Coherence
Many modern computer systems and most multicore chips (chip multiprocessors) support shared memory in hardware.
Daniel J. Sorin, Mark D. Hill, David A. Wood, 2011
8
Optical Coherence Tomography: Principles and Applications
This book gives a broad treatment of the subject which will include 1)the optics, science, and physics needed to understand the technology 2)a description of applications with a critical look at how the technology will successfully address ...
Mark E. Brezinski, 2006
9
Optical Coherence Tomography: Technology and Applications
The book introduces OCT technology and applications not only from an optical and technological viewpoint, but also from biomedical and clinical perspectives.
Wolfgang Drexler, James G. Fujimoto, 2008
10
Coherence in Spoken and Written Discourse: How to Create it ...
However, taking account of new trends representing a considerable shift in orientation, this volume aims at helping relieve coherence of its mystifying aura.
Wolfram Bublitz, Uta Lenk, Eija Ventola, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COHERENCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term coherence is used in the context of the following news items.
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Greek deal needed for Greece and coherence of eurozone: France's …
A deal on Greek debt is vital for Greece and for the coherence of the euro zone, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Tuesday (Jul 7), ... «Channel News Asia, Jul 15»
2
Relationship with Burton plays no role in choice not to seek election …
“There is no coherence, there is no common agreement, and there is no ability to agree.” As for what he would do next, Mr Rabbitte insisted he ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
3
7/7 Attacks and the New Type of Terrorism
... if not destroying al-Qaeda's command and control abilities, and structural coherence; it debilitated the organization's operational capabilities; ... «The National Interest Online, Jul 15»
4
'Portal Stories: Mel' is a surprisingly difficult but imaginative game …
“Mel” works best as a copy-and-mutate model of design, a form of open-ended play in which there are no guarantees of coherence, progress, ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
5
Central banks on Greece - Rabobank
... Strategist at Rabobank explained that the uncertainties regarding a potential Grexit and the associated question marks over the coherence of ... «FXStreet, Jul 15»
6
Special OCT kit to diagnose eye problems
Eye specialists at Nuffield Health Cardiff Bay Hospital are using the latest diagnostic tool, Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), when ... «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
7
Social Safety Nets Expand in Developing Countries, But Majority of …
... programs underpinned by enhanced targeting, improved policy coherence, better administrative integration, and application of technologies.”. «World Bank Group, Jul 15»
8
The courage of small things
... the maturity to accept unanswerable ambiguity; the tenacity to seek coherence after arbitrary cruelty; the ability to create tenacious bonds that ... «Worcester Telegram, Jul 15»
9
India's most testing scandal
Even by Indian standards, the ongoing Vyapan corruption scandal is simply staggering for what it says about the gaps in systemic coherence, ... «The National, Jul 15»
10
New Technology Could Help Doctors Diagnose Serious Eye Disorders
Traditional optical coherence tomography (OCT) produces a general image of the eye, but is incapable of generating a detailed image of ... «ENGINEERING.com, Jul 15»

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