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ts of the same mass. Neither knows he . . . how the solid parts of the body are united or cohere together. Locke.

r purpose, as in the parts of a discourse, or of a system of philosophy; consecutiveness. 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.

Composed of mutually dependent parts; making a logical whole; consistent; as, a coherent plan, argument, or discourse.

In a coherent manner.

the assumption that the impact of the electic waves caused the loosely connected parts to cohere, or weld together, a condition easily destroyed by tapping. A common form of coherer as used in wireless telegraphy consists of a tube containing filings (usually a pinch of nickel and silver filings in equal parts) between…

electric waves falling on this contrivance increase its resistance several times. The anticoherer can be used in conjunction with a telephone.

A self-restoring coherer, as a microphonic detector.

A device for restoring a coherer to its normal condition after it has been affected by an electric wave, a process usually accomplished by some method of tapping or shaking, or by rotation of the coherer.

Incoherent. [R.]

The quality or state of being incoherent; want of coherence; want of cohesion or adherence. Boyle.

Not coherent; wanting cohesion; loose; unconnected; physically disconnected; not fixed to each; -- said of material substances. Woodward.

Causing incoherence. [R.]

In an incoherent manner; without due connection of parts.

Incoherence.

Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.

The division or defective coherence of an organ that is usually entire.

To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree. "Nor time nor place did then adhere." Every thing adheres together." Shak.

Same as Amalgam. They divided this their amalgama into a number of incoherent republics. Burke.

A want of grammatical sequence or coherence in a sentence; an instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the latter part does not syntactically correspond with the first part.

To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.