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co·her·ent
/ kōˈhi(ə)rənt/
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adj.
1.
(of an argument, theory, or policy) logical and consistent.
∎
(of a person) able to speak clearly and logically.
2.
united as or forming a whole:
divided into a number of geographically coherent kingdoms.
3.
Physics
(of waves) having a constant phase relationship.
DERIVATIVES:
co·her·ence
n.
co·her·en·cy
n. ( rare )
co·her·ent·ly
adv.
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Coherence in Thought and Action.
Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics; 9/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; THAGARD, Paul. Coherence in Thought and Action. Cambridge...Paul Thagard develops a theory of coherence as constraint satisfaction that is...employing "a computational theory of coherence to illuminate both the psychological...
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Policy coherence and policy domains.
Magazine article from: Policy Studies Journal; 8/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...than implementation success, as policy coherence also relates to the consistency with...and Ingram (1997), a lack of policy coherence sends confusing messages to potential...of their concerns. As such, policy coherence and policy politics are intertwined...
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Olsson, Erik J. Against Coherence. Truth, Probability, and Justification.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; OLSSON, Erik J. Against Coherence. Truth, Probability, and Justification. Oxford...xiii + 232 pp. Cloth, $37.00--Against Coherence explores the relationship between coherence and truth. Olsson critically assesses the claims...
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The Impact of Sense of Coherence on Career Thoughts for Individuals With Disabilities
Magazine article from: Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...This study examined the effect of sense of coherence on the career thought process. Sense of coherence is the global orientation that the world...with disabilities completed the Sense of Coherence Scale and the Career Thoughts Inventory...
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Schizophrenia: The Relationship Between Frontotemporal EEG Coherence and Regional Brain Metabolism Measured by ^sup 18^FDG PET
Magazine article from: Clinical EEG and Neuroscience; 10/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...temporal EEG coherences and regional brain...intrahemispheric coherence function between...temporal EEG coherence and regional brain...Comparison of EEG coherences by means of two...significantly lower EEG coherences in derivations...T4 and F4-T6 coherence (all ≤...
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The relationship between sense of coherence and career thoughts. (Articles).
Magazine article from: Career Development Quarterly; 9/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...authors examined the impact of sense of coherence on the career thought processes of a...Antonovsky (1987) defined sense of coherence as the global orientation that the world...Study participants completed the Sense of Coherence Scale (A. Antonovsky, 1987) and the...
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Coherence in Thought and Action
Magazine article from: Canadian Psychology; 8/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; PAUL THAGARD Coherence in Thought and Action Cambridge, mA...Paul Thagard and his research group on coherence theory, an area of inquiry to which...breaking contributions for over a decade. Coherence theory is a peculiar synthesis of philosophy...
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Reading both high-coherence and low-coherence texts: Effects of text sequence and prior knowledge
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology; 3/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...high-- knowledge readers learn more from low-coherence than high-coherence texts. This study further examined the assumption...knowledge. Participants read either a high- or low-coherence text twice, or they read both the high- and low...
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The relationship between sense of coherence and career thoughts
Magazine article from: The Career Development Quarterly; 9/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...authors examined the impact of sense of coherence on the career thought processes of a...Antonovsky (1987) defined sense of coherence as the global orientation that the world...Study participants completed the Sense of Coherence Scale (A. Antonovsky, 1987) and the...
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AbeBooks.com Improves Online Customer Shopping Experience With Oracle(R) Coherence.
PR Newswire; 8/18/2008; 700+ words
; ...and used books, is using Oracle(R) Coherence, a component of Oracle Fusion Middleware...distributed in-memory data grid, Oracle Coherence is designed for Extreme Transaction Processing...memory across multiple servers, Oracle Coherence enables continuous data availability...
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coherence
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
coherence constant phase difference in two or more...the crests and troughs meet randomly. Coherence underlies a variety of physical phenomena, such as interference and diffraction . Coherence is also responsible for many of the remarkable...
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coherence bandwidth
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
coherence bandwidth The range of frequencies over which...e. are coherent ). Waves with a narrow coherence bandwidth will remain in step with one another...a longer distance than waves with a broad coherence bandwidth.
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spatial coherence
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing
spatial coherence The extent to which a property exhibits a similar value over some spatial region. Spatial coherence is exploited in some illumination calculations in which a scene is broken down into discrete cells that can each be treated as...
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area coherence
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing
area coherence The constancy of a property over an area. Computer-graphics algorithms often take advantage of area coherence, image compression being an example.
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Truth, Theories of
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion
...truth theories: the correspondence theory, the coherence theory, and pragmatic theories. Correspondence...can only be determined by other statements. Coherence theory of truth A coherence theory of truth seeks to meet this problem by...
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