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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
co•her•entkoʊˈhɪər ənt, -ˈhɛr-(adj.)
logically connected; consistent.
cohering; sticking together.
having a natural agreement of parts; harmonious.
Physics. of or pertaining to waves that maintain a fixed phase relationship.
Category: Physics, Optics
Origin of coherent:
1570–80; < L
coherent, consistent, logical, ordered(adj)
marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts
"a coherent argument"
coherent, logical, lucid(adj)
capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner
"a lucid thinker"; "she was more coherent than she had been just after the accident"
(physics) of waves having a constant phase relation
"two coherent sheets"; "tenacious burrs"
Orderly, logical and consistent.
Of waves having the same direction, wavelength and phase, as light in a laser.
Attaching or pressing against an organ of the same nature.
Origin: From cohaerens, from co- + haereo.
sticking together; cleaving; as the parts of bodies; solid or fluid
composed of mutually dependent parts; making a logical whole; consistent; as, a coherent plan, argument, or discourse
logically consistent; -- applied to persons; as, a coherent thinker
suitable or suited; adapted; accordant
The Coherent operating system was a Version 7 Unix clone by the now-defunct Mark Williams Company, originally produced for the PDP-11 in 1980. A port was introduced in 1983 as the first Unix-like system for IBM PC compatible computers. Coherent was able to run on most Intel-based PCs with Intel 8088, 286, 386, and 486 processors. Coherent version 3 for Intel-based PCs required at least a 286, Coherent version 4 for Intel-based PCs required at least a 386. Like a true Unix, Coherent was able to multitask and support multiple users. From version 4 on Coherent also had support for X11 and MGR windowing systems. Later versions of Coherent supported features common in modern Unix-like systems, including a version of MicroEMACS, access to DOS FAT16 File systems, an optimizing C compiler with linker, and a modified version of Taylor UUCP. The final releases of Coherent also fully supported the iBCS COFF binary standard, which allowed binary compatibily with SCO Unix applications, including WordPerfect, Lotus 1-2-3, and several Microsoft applications including QuickBASIC, Microsoft Word, and MultiPlan. There was no support for virtual memory or demand paging. Coherent predates both MINIX and Linux by many years.
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Rank popularity for the word 'coherent' in Adjectives Frequency: #974
Translations for coherent
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
clear and logical
He was able to give a coherent account of what had happened.
- مُتَماسِك، مُتَرابِطArabic
- coerentePortuguese (BR)
- souvislý, logickýCzech
- sammenhængende; logiskDanish
- λογικός, συνεκτικόςGreek
- selge, sidusEstonian
- منطقی؛ منسجمFarsi
- הֶגיוֹנִי, בָּרוּרHebrew
- jelas dan masuk akalIndonesian
- samhangandi (og skÿr)Icelandic
- aiškus, nuoseklusLithuanian
- loģisks; sakarīgsLatvian
- sammenhengende og logisk, konsekventNorwegian
- منطقی؛ منسجمPersian
- نښتونكى، نښتى، تړلى مربوطPashto
- skladen, jasenSlovenian
- sammanhängande, klarSwedish
- 清晰有條理的Chinese (Trad.)
- зв'язний, послідовнийUkrainian
- مدلل ، سہل ، آسانUrdu
- mạch lạcVietnamese
- 清晰有条理的Chinese (Simp.)
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