incoherent

[ in-koh-heer-uhnt, -her- ]
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adjective
  1. without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling: an incoherent sentence.

  2. characterized by such thought or language, as a person: incoherent with rage.

  1. not coherent or cohering: an incoherent mixture.

  2. lacking physical cohesion; loose: incoherent dust.

  3. lacking unity or harmony of elements: an incoherent public.

  4. lacking congruity of parts; uncoordinated.

  5. different or incompatible by nature, as things.

  6. Physics. (of a wave) having a low degree of coherence.: Compare coherent (def. 4).

Origin of incoherent

1
First recorded in 1620–30; in-3 + coherent

Other words for incoherent

Other words from incoherent

  • in·co·her·ent·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for incoherent

incoherent

/ (ˌɪnkəʊˈhɪərənt) /


adjective
  1. lacking in clarity or organization; disordered

  2. unable to express oneself clearly; inarticulate

  1. physics (of two or more waves) having the same frequency but not the same phase: incoherent light

Derived forms of incoherent

  • incoherence, incoherency or incoherentness, noun
  • incoherently, adverb

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