3. To suit; to agree; to fit. [Obs.]
Had time cohered with place, or place with wishing.
Shak.
Syn. — To cleave; unite; adhere; stick; suit; agree; fit; be consistent.
Coherence
(Co*her"ence Co*her"en*cy) , n. [L. cohaerentia: cf. F. cohérence.]
1. A sticking or cleaving together; union of parts of the same body; cohesion.
2. Connection or dependence, proceeding from the subordination of the parts of a thing to one principle
or purpose, as in the parts of a discourse, or of a system of philosophy; consecutiveness.
Coherence of discourse, and a direct tendency of all the parts of it to the argument in hand, are most
eminently to be found in him.
Locke.
Coherent
(Co*her"ent) a. [L. cohaerens, p. pr. See Cohere.]
1. Sticking together; cleaving; as the parts of bodies; solid or fluid. Arbuthnot.
2. Composed of mutually dependent parts; making a logical whole; consistent; as, a coherent plan, argument,
or discourse.
3. Logically consistent; — applied to persons; as, a coherent thinker. Watts.
4. Suitable or suited; adapted; accordant. [Obs.]
Instruct my daughter how she shall persever,
That time and place, with this deceit so lawful,
May prove
coherent.
Shak.
Coherently
(Co*her"ent*ly), adv. In a coherent manner.
Cohesibility
(Co*he`si*bil"i*ty) n. The state of being cohesible. Good.
Cohesible
(Co*he"si*ble) a. Capable of cohesion.
Cohesion
(Co*he"sion) n. [Cf. F. cohésion. See Cohere.]
1. The act or state of sticking together; close union.
2. (Physics) That from of attraction by which the particles of a body are united throughout the mass,
whether like or unlike; — distinguished from adhesion, which unites bodies by their adjacent surfaces.
Solids and fluids differ in the degree of cohesion, which, being increased, turns a fluid into a solid.
Arbuthnot.
3. Logical agreement and dependence; as, the cohesion of ideas. Locke.
Cohesive
(Co*he"sive) a.
1. Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; as, cohesive attraction; producing cohesion; as,
a cohesive force.
2. Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of cohering; tending to cohere; as, cohesive clay.
Cohesive attraction. See under Attraction.
— Co*he"sive*ly, adv. — Co*he"sive*ness, n.
