Etymology

quasicoherent

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Today it means: Belonging to a generalization of coherent sheaves, including the locally free sheaves of infinite rank. Full definition →

English coherent ← Middle French coherent ← Latin cohaerēns
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷís
  3. Proto-Italic*kʷis
  4. Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kʷos
  6. Proto-Italic*kʷoi
  7. Latinquam
  8. Proto-Indo-European*só
  9. Proto-Italic*sei
  10. Latinsī
  11. Latinquasī̆
  12. Englishquasi-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  14. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  15. Proto-Italic*kom
  16. Proto-Italic*kom-
  17. Latincon-
  18. Latinhaereō
  19. Latincohaereō
  20. Latincohaerēns
  21. Middle Frenchcoherent
  22. Englishcoherent
  23. English todayquasicoherent

From quasi- + coherent.

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