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May 26, 2012
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co•her•ence



Pronunciation: (kō-hēr'uns, -her'-), [key]
—n.
1. the act or state of cohering; cohesion.
2. logical interconnection; overall sense or understandability.
3. congruity; consistency.
4. Physics, Optics.(of waves) the state of being coherent.
5. Ling.the property of unity in a written text or a segment of spoken discourse that stems from the links among its underlying ideas and from the logical organization and development of its thematic content. Cf. cohesion (def. 4). Also,co•her'en•cy.

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