coherence

Plural: coherences

Noun

• the state of cohering or sticking together
• logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts
• The quality of cohering, or being coherent; internal consistency.
• The quality of forming a unified whole.
• A logical arrangement of parts, as in writing.
• The property of having the same wavelength and phase.
• A semantic relationship between different parts of the same text.

Examples

• His arguments lacked coherence.

Synonyms

coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness

Antonyms

incoherence

Related Words

cohesion