coherence

coherence
n
1. cohesion, adherence, accretion, sticking; attachment, firm hold, fixity, agglutination; coalescence, union, junction, fusion; glutinousness, glutinosity, viscidity, viscosity, tenacity, inseparability, indivisibility; congelation, solidification, set, concretion, cementation; amalgamation, consolidation, connection, convergence.
2. logic, rationality, Rhet. concinnity, intelligence; comprehensibility, apprehensibility, understandability, intelligibleness, intelligibility, decipherability, penetrability.
3. consistency, congruity, accord, accordance, agreement, congruity, concord, concordance, conformity, unity; harmony, consonance, rapport, relation.

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