— coherently , adv.
/koh hear"euhnt, -her"-/ , adj.
1. logically connected; consistent: a coherent argument.
2. cohering; sticking together: a coherent mass of sticky candies.
3. having a natural or due agreement of parts; harmonious: a coherent design.
4. Physics , Optics. of or pertaining to waves that maintain a fixed phase relationship, as in coherent light. Cf. laser .
[ 1570-80; coherent-, var. of L cohaerent- (s. of cohaerens ), prp. of cohaerere. See COHERE, -ENT ]