coherency


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co·her·en·cy

 (kō-hîr′ən-sē)
n. pl. co·her·en·cies
Coherence.
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Noun1.coherency - the state of cohering or sticking together
connectedness, connection, link - the state of being connected; "the connection between church and state is inescapable"
consistency - logical coherence and accordance with the facts; "a rambling argument that lacked any consistency"
continuity - uninterrupted connection or union
2.coherency - logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts
comprehensibility, understandability - the quality of comprehensible language or thought
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References in classic literature ?
"Why, all that WE know--and heaven knows what else besides!" Then, as she released me, I made it out to her, made it out perhaps only now with full coherency even to myself.
Towards morning my distracting thoughts began to lose all pretensions to coherency, and shape themselves into confused and feverish dreams, and, at length, there followed an interval of unconscious slumber.
By ten o'clock the police organisation, and by midday even the railway organisations, were losing coherency, losing shape and efficiency, guttering, softening, running at last in that swift liquefaction of the social body.
Loosely connected events follow one after the other, turning the story into a series of snapshots at the expense of narrative coherency.
This coherency is attained through focused breathing.
He further added that his company expects that the project will succeed in the Egyptian real estate market because it provides an environment suitable for larger categories in society, in addition to basic services such as safety, coherency, and vitality.
The project was subject to three design review hearings that yielded numerous revisions as commissioners expressed concerns about design coherency and quality of materials.
Trade wars, the rise of populist politics and a lack of political coherency among traditional parties, aided by a social media era lacking the finesse of traditional media, all contribute to an atmosphere of despondency and disenfranchisement.
"It is in our interest for the EU to have a strategic relationship with Turkey as well as with Russia that brings stability, that will in the long term and bring more strength and coherency," Macron said in a news conference in Helsinki alongside Finnish President Sauli Niinisto.
"It is in our interest for the EU to have a strategic relationship with Turkey as well as with Russia that brings stability, that will in the long term bring more strength and coherency," Macron said in a press conference in Helsinki.
We created the iconic droplet structure as the key, ownable brand equity, delivering clarity and coherency to the messaging hierarchy, which was then developed across the other tiers."