"coherence" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-coherence.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-coherence.wav [US] Forms: coherences [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French coherence, from Latin cohaerentia. Morphologically cohere + -ence. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|coherence}} Middle French coherence, {{der|en|la|cohaerentia}} Latin cohaerentia, {{suffix|en|cohere|ence|nocat=1}} cohere + -ence Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} coherence (countable and uncountable, plural coherences)
  1. The quality of cohering, or being coherent; internal consistency. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-coherence-en-noun-DN0Tc2Gv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 8 28 24 21
  2. The quality of forming a unified whole. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-coherence-en-noun-hbojCP0z
  3. A logical arrangement of parts, as in writing. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (logical arrangements of parts): свързване (svǎrzvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), coherència [feminine] (Catalan), kokonaisuus (Finnish), koherenssi (Finnish), yhtenäisyys (Finnish), Zusammenhang [masculine] (German), συνοχή (synochí) [feminine] (Greek), συνάφεια (synáfeia) [feminine] (Greek), koherencja [feminine] (Polish), kohezja [feminine] (Polish), spójność [feminine] (Polish), coerência [feminine] (Portuguese), coherencia [feminine] (Spanish), âhenk (Turkish), tutarlılık (Turkish), uyumluluk (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-coherence-en-noun-YlYtX2O2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 8 28 24 21 Disambiguation of 'logical arrangements of parts': 12 10 51 9 18
  4. (physics, of waves) The property of having the same wavelength and phase. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics Translations (having the same wavelength and phase): кохерентност (koherentnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), coherència [feminine] (Catalan), koherence [feminine] (Czech), koherenssi (Finnish), Kohärenz [feminine] (German), συμφωνία (symfonía) [feminine] (Greek), koherencja [feminine] (Polish), coerência [feminine] (Portuguese), koherent (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-coherence-en-noun-aKzs2pgg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 8 28 24 21 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'having the same wavelength and phase': 8 5 12 50 25
  5. (linguistics, translation studies) A semantic relationship between different parts of the same text. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics, Translation studies Translations (semantic relationship): concordança [feminine] (Catalan), 連貫性 (Chinese Mandarin), 连贯性 (liánguànxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), koherenssi (Finnish), coerência [feminine] (Portuguese), bağlaşıklık (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-coherence-en-noun-gInBlOfD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 8 28 24 21 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, translation-studies Disambiguation of 'semantic relationship': 12 12 9 5 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cohærence [archaic] Derived forms: coherence time Related terms: cohesion Translations (quality of cohering; of being coherent): съгласуваност (sǎglasuvanost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), coherència [feminine] (Catalan), 倫次 (Chinese Cantonese), 伦次 (leon⁴ ci³) (Chinese Cantonese), soudržnost [feminine] (Czech), johdonmukaisuus (Finnish), cohérence [feminine] (French), Kohärenz [feminine] (German), Geschlossenheit [feminine] (German), συνοχή (synochí) [feminine] (Greek), συνάφεια (synáfeia) [feminine] (Greek), coerenza [feminine] (Italian), cohaerentia [feminine] (Latin), darna [feminine] (Lithuanian), koherencja [feminine] (Polish), kohezja [feminine] (Polish), spójność [feminine] (Polish), coerência [feminine] (Portuguese), coherencia [feminine] (Spanish), insicam (Turkish), tutarlılık (Turkish), tutarlık (Turkish), bağdaşım (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'quality of cohering; of being coherent': 49 41 3 4 3

Noun [Middle French]

Head templates: {{head|frm|noun|uncountable|||{{{pl}}}||{{{pl2}}}||{{{f}}}||{{{f}}}s|f1accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|head=|sort=}} coherence f (uncountable), {{frm-noun|f|-}} coherence f (uncountable)
  1. coherence; quality of being internally consistent Tags: feminine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-coherence-frm-noun-1I5eB-eU Categories (other): Middle French entries with incorrect language header

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        "Middle French lemmas",
        "Middle French nouns",
        "Middle French uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "coherence; quality of being internally consistent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "coherence",
          "coherence#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "coherence"
}

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