coherent

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Synonyms: inherent, incoherent, coherence, adherent, cohere, coregent, coherency, decoherent, cohered, cohering, coherer

Antonyms: inherent, incoherent, coherence, adherent, cohere, coregent, coherency, decoherent, cohered, cohering, coherer

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Adjective

{{sid|en|unified}} [[unified|Unified]]; [[sticking]] [[together]]; [[making up]] a [[whole]].
{{sid|en|orderly}} [[orderly|Orderly]], [[logical]] and [[consistent]].
[[aesthetic|Aesthetically]] ordered.
Having a natural or due agreement of parts; harmonious: a coherent design.
{{lb|en|physics}} Of [[wave]]s having the same [[direction]], [[wavelength]] and [[phase]], as [[light]] in a [[laser]].
{{lb|en|botany}} Attaching or pressing against an [[organ]] of the same nature.
{{lb|en|math|[[sheaf theory]]|of a [[sheaf]]}} Belonging to a specific [[class]] of [[sheaf|sheaves]] having particularly manageable properties closely linked to the [[geometrical]] properties of the underlying [[space]]. See {{pedia|Coherent sheaf}}
{{lb|en|topology|of a [[topology]] <math>\mathcal{T}</math> on a set <math>T</math> with respect to a family <math>\{ C_a \}</math> of subsets of <math>T</math>}} In a technical sense, [[determine]]d by the (topology of) the subsets. Formally, Such that <math>\mathcal{T}</math> is the [[finer|finest]] topology on <math>T</math> for which the inclusion maps <math>\iota_a:C_a \to T</math> are [[continuous]], where each <math>C_a</math> is considered with its [[subspace topology]].
{{lb|en|algebra|of a [[module]]}} [[finitely generated|Finitely generated]] and such that all finitely generated submodules are [[finitely presented]].
{{lb|en|algebra|of a [[ring]]}} Such that every [[finitely generated]] (left) [[ideal]] is [[finitely presented]].

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