COHERENCY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coherency mean? 

• COHERENCY (noun)
  The noun COHERENCY has 2 senses:

1. the state of cohering or sticking together

2. logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts

  Familiarity information: COHERENCY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COHERENCY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of cohering or sticking together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

coherence; coherency; cohesion; cohesiveness

Hypernyms ("coherency" is a kind of...):

connectedness; connection; link (the state of being connected)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coherency"):

consistency (logical coherence and accordance with the facts)

continuity (uninterrupted connection or union)

Derivation:

cohere (come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation)

coherent (sticking together)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

coherence; coherency

Hypernyms ("coherency" is a kind of...):

comprehensibility; understandability (the quality of comprehensible language or thought)

Derivation:

coherent (marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts)

coherent (capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner)