coherency

2 definitions found

coherency - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Coherence \Co*her"ence\, Coherency \Co*her"en*cy\, n. [L.
     cohaerentia: cf. F. coh['e]rence.]
     1. A sticking or cleaving together; union of parts of the
        same body; cohesion.
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     2. Connection or dependence, proceeding from the
        subordination of the parts of a thing to one principle or
        purpose, as in the parts of a discourse, or of a system of
        philosophy; a logical and orderly and consistent relation
        of parts; consecutiveness.
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              Coherence of discourse, and a direct tendency of all
              the parts of it to the argument in hand, are most
              eminently to be found in him.         --Locke.
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     3. the state of cohering.
  
     Syn: cohesion, cohesiveness.
          [WordNet 1.5]

coherency - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  coherency
      n 1: the state of cohering or sticking together [syn:
           coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness] [ant:
           incoherence, incoherency]
      2: logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts [syn:
         coherence, coherency]