Definition of "coherent" []

• Sticking together; cohering. (adjective)
• Marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts: a coherent essay. (adjective)
• Physics Of, relating to, or having waves with similar direction, amplitude, and phase that are capable of exhibiting interference. (adjective)
• Of or relating to a system of units of measurement in which a small number of basic units are defined from which all others in the system are derived by multiplication or division only. (adjective)
• Botany Sticking to but not fused with a part or an organ of the same kind. (adjective)

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• "Second, it's marketing's assignment to turn that tune or differentiating idea into what we call a coherent marketing direction."
• "Your description is not coherent from a signal standpont."
• "It is perfectly coherent from a pure domestic viewpoint."