Coherent
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Sticking together; cleaving; as the parts of bodies; solid or fluid.
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Composed of mutually dependent parts; making a logical whole; consistent; as, a coherent plan, argument, or discourse.
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Logically consistent; -- applied to persons; as, a coherent thinker.
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Suitable or suited; adapted; accordant.
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(Physics, Optics) Of or pertaining to electromagnetic waves that have a constant phase relationship with each other; having identical phase at all points; as, the coherent light produced by a laser.