coherent

== English == === Alternative forms === cohærent (archaic) === Etymology === From Middle French coherent, from Latin cohaērēns, from co- + haereō. By surface analysis, cohere +‎ -ent. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəʊˈhɪə.ɹənt/ (General American) IPA(key): /koʊˈhɛɹ.ənt/, /koʊˈhiɹ.ənt/ (Canada) IPA(key): /koːˈhɪɹ.ənt/ (Australian) IPA(key): /kəʉˈhɪə.ɹənt/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /kɐʉˈhiə.ɹənt/, /kɐʉˈhiːə.ɹənt/ === Adjective === coherent (comparative more coherent, superlative most coherent) Unified; sticking together; making up a whole. Orderly, logical and consistent. Antonym: disjointed Aesthetically ordered. Having a natural or due agreement of parts; harmonious: a coherent design. (physics) Of waves having the same direction, wavelength and phase, as light in a laser. (botany) Attaching or pressing against an organ of the same nature. (mathematics, sheaf theory, of a sheaf) Belonging to a specific class of sheaves having particularly manageable properties closely linked to the geometrical properties of the underlying space. See Coherent sheaf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (topology, of a topology T {\displaystyle {\mathcal {T}}} on a set T {\displaystyle T} with respect to a family { C a } {\displaystyle \{C_{a}\}} of subsets of T {\displaystyle T} ) In a technical sense, determined by the (topology of) the subsets. Formally, Such that T {\displaystyle {\mathcal {T}}} is the finest topology on T {\displaystyle T} for which the inclusion maps ι a : C a → T {\displaystyle \iota _{a}:C_{a}\to T} are continuous, where each C a {\displaystyle C_{a}} is considered with its subspace topology. (algebra, of a module) Finitely generated and such that all finitely generated submodules are finitely presented. (algebra, of a ring) Such that every finitely generated (left) ideal is finitely presented. ==== Antonyms ==== incoherent ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== adherent coherence cohere cohesive inherent ==== Translations ==== == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cohaerentem. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ent === Adjective === coherent m or f (masculine and feminine plural coherents) coherent Antonym: incoherent ==== Derived terms ==== coherentment ==== Related terms ==== coherència incoherent === Further reading === “coherent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “coherent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “coherent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “coherent”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Dutch == === Etymology === From Latin cohaerēns, possibly via French cohérent. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === coherent (comparative coherenter, superlative coherentst) coherent Synonym: samenhangend Antonyms: incoherent, onsamenhangend ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== == Latin == === Verb === cohērent third-person plural present active indicative of cohēreō == Romanian == === Adjective === coherent m or n (feminine singular coherentă, masculine plural coherenți, feminine/neuter plural coherente) alternative form of coerent ==== Declension ====