cohærence

A form of coherence — The quality of cohering, or being coherent; internal consistency.

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Meanings

nouncohærence (countable and uncountable, plural cohærences)

plural cohærences

  1. archaiccountableuncountableArchaic spelling of coherence.

    Each of the two cohærent parts may be said to be adhærent to the other, but the latter term is often used to express a closer union than mere cohærence.

    1860, Otto Wilhelm Sonder, William Henry Harvey, Flora Capensis, volume I, page XV
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