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Definition: Coherent |
CoherentAdjective1. Marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts; "a coherent argument". 2. Capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner; "a lucid thinker"; "she was more coherent than she had been just after the accident". 3. Sticking together; "two coherent sheets"; "tenacious burrs". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "coherent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1602. (references) |
Etymology: Coherent \Co*her"ent\, adjective. [Latin expression cohaerens, p. pr. See Cohere.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | 1. Of electromagnetic radiation, being in phase, so that waves at various points in space act in unison, as in a laser producing coherent light.2. Having a fixed relation between frequency and phase of input and output signal. (references) |
Space | Two-way communications mode wherein the spacecraft generates its downlink frequency based upon the frequency of the uplink it receives. (references) |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| COCOS | English | Coherent Optical Communications Systems | Public Administration, Computing |
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Synonyms: CoherentSynonyms: logical (adj), lucid (adj), tenacious (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: incoherent (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agreement | Adjective: agreeing, suiting; Verb: in accord, accordant, concordant, consonant, congruous, consentaneous, correspondent, congenial; coherent; becoming; harmonious reconcilable, conformable; in accordance with, in harmony with, in keeping with, in unison with; Noun: at one with, of one mind, of a piece; consistent, compatible, proportionate; commensurate; on all fours. |
Density | Adjective: dense, solid; solidified. Verb: caseous; pukka; coherent, cohesive; compact, close, serried, thickset; substantial, massive, lumpish; impenetrable, impermeable, nonporous, imporous; incompressible; constipated; concrete. (hard); knotted, knotty; gnarled; crystalline, crystallizable; thick, grumous, stuffy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Lewis, we've had Presidents who were beloved, who couldn't find a coherent sentence with two hands and a flashlight. (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.) This is coherent light. (Real Genius; writing credit: Neal Israel; Pat Proft) In school I was voted least likely to complete a coherent , um, uh (Blackadder Goes Forth; writing credit: Richard Curtis; Ben Elton) I must express in the strongest possible terms my profound opposition to the newly instituted practice which imposes severe and intolerable restrictions on the ingress and egress of senior members of the hierarchy and will, in all probability, should the current deplorable innovation be perpetuated, precipitate a progressive constriction of the channels of communication, culminating in a condition of organisational atrophy and administrative paralysis which will render effectively impossible the coherent and co-ordinated discharge of the function of government within Her Majesty's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. (Yes, Prime Minister; writing credit: Tom Musca) | |
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Herbert Spencer | Civilization is progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity. |
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John Locke | 1690 | Civil society being a state of peace, amongst those who are of it, from whom the state of war is excluded by the umpirage, which they have provided in their legislative, for the ending all differences that may arise amongst any of them, it is in their legislative, that the members of a commonwealth are united, and combined together into one coherent living body. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Business | China launched the "Golden Card Project" in 1993 to promote the use of bank cards and set up a coherent bank card network. (references) | |
China's Golden Card Project, launched in 1993 to expand the use of bank cards and set up a coherent bank card network, is divided into three phases. (references) | ||
Following Sweden's entry into the European Union on January 1, 1995, the EU law with coherent regulation replaced Swedish customs laws and regulations. (references) | ||
Economic History | Cote D'ivoire | However, only a few U.S. firms have established a coherent agent/distributor network in the region. (references) |
Iran | But mismanagement and inefficient bureaucracy, as well as political and ideological infighting, have hampered the formulation and execution of coherent economic policies. (references) | |
Moldova | Business in Moldova is undermined by a weak public sector, lack of a coherent body of commercial laws, and uncertainty surrounding the legal status of the breakaway region of Transnistria. (references) | |
Human Rights | Dominican Republic | For example, new recruits fire only one round of ammunition during training, and there is no coherent policy on the use of deadly force or rules of engagement by the police. (references) |
Colombia | The 1997 establishment of the AUC as a national paramilitary umbrella organization was designed both to provide a national structure, to coordinate logistics and offensive operations, and to develop a more coherent political movement. (references) | |
Political Economy | Albania | Neither the Socialist nor Democratic Party possess coherent political philosophies. (references) |
Trade | Sweden | After Sweden's entry into the European Union on January 1, 1995, the Swedish customs' law and regulations were replaced by the EU law with coherent regulation, which indicates that Sweden applies the external EU tariffs to imports from the United States and other non-EU countries. (references) |
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Rush Limbaugh | During that visit, Chirac said, "Iraq is in the process of beginning a coherent nuclear program, and France wants to associate herself with that effort in the field of reactors." |
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| "Coherent" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Coherent" is used about 1,094 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 1,094 | 6,905 |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Coherent Incorporated |
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Expressions using "coherent": coherent bundle ♦ coherent detection ♦ coherent detector ♦ coherent echo ♦ coherent length ♦ coherent light ♦ coherent link ♦ coherent material ♦ coherent Parallel C ♦ coherent signal ♦ coherent structure ♦ coherent system ♦ coherent units ♦ differentially coherent detection ♦ differentially coherent PSK ♦ scalable Coherent Interface. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "coherent": differentially-coherent, non-coherent, phase-coherent, semi-coherent. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "coherent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | me lidhje logjike, koherent, i kuptueshëm (apprehensible, clear, cogitable, comprehensible, foolproof, intelligible, obvious, realizable, understandable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ملتحم (united, well knit), محكم (airtight, compact, fast, firm, hermetic, impermeable, impervious, precise, secure, solid, strong, tight, well knit), متماسك (cohesive, concrete, consistent, solid, tenacious), متساوق (symmetric, symmetrical), مترابط منطقيا (consecutive, consequential). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съгласуван (accordant, agreed, concerted, consentient, harmonic, pursuant), ясен (articulate, ash, ash-tree, bright, clean-cut, clear, crystal, distinct, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, matter of course, neat, obvious, pellucid, perceivable, perceptible, perspicuous, plain, readable, robust, serene, sharp, silver, silvery, Square, straight, straightaway, straightforward, tangible, transparent, unambiguous, unshadowed, vivid), тясно свързан (married), последователен (consecutive, consistent, running, sequacious, serial, successive, true blue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 连贯 (Consecutive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | souvislý (unbroken), promyšlený (studied, well advised), logický (logical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kohærent længde (coherence length, coherent length, length of coherence), Det europaeiske Nationalregnskabssystem er et detaljeret og sammenhaengende system af konti og tabeller,som har til formaal at give et systematisk,sammenligneligt og et saa fuldstaendigt overblik som muligt over den oekonomiske aktivitet i de enkelte medl (as far as possible, comparable and, complete picture of the economic activity within each member country of the European Communities, the European System of Integrated Economic Accounts consists of a coherent and detailed set of accounts and tables which are intended to provide a systematic), differentiel kohærent faseskift-nøgling (DCPSK, differential coherent phase-shift keying, differentially coherent phase-shift keying, differentially coherent PSK, differentially-coherent phase-shift keying), differentiel kohærent modtagning (differentially coherent reception), differentiel kohaerent detektering (differentially coherent detection), differentielt kodet kohaerent faseskift-noegling (DECPSK, differentially encoded coherent phase shift keying), en input-output tabel giver en sammenhaengende fremstilling af stroemme af varer og tjenester,der i et givet aar produceres,udveksles med den oevrige verden og konsumeres af alle hjemmehoerendeenheder.Endvidere viser den produktionsomkostningernes struktu (an input-output table provides a coherent framework in which to present the flow of goods and services produced, and used by all resident units in the course of a given year;it also shows the structure of production costs, exchanged with the rest of the world), kohærensbundt (aligned bundle, coherent bundle), kohærenslængde (coherence length, coherent length, length of coherence), kohærent bølge (coherent wave), kohærent detektion (coherent detection), kohærent ekko (coherent echo), kohærent enhed (coherent unit), afrettet fiberbundt (aligned bundle, coherent bundle), kohærent forbindelse (coherent link), samstemt enhedssystem (coherent system), kohærent lys (coherent light), kohærent signal (coherent signal), kohærent struktur (coherent structure), kohærente enheder (coherent units), kohærente forbindelser (coherent link), kohæsivt materiale (coherent material, cohesive material), kohaerent detektor (coherent detector), kohaerent lys (coherent light), midlertidig kohærent stråling (temporally coherent radiation), rumlig kohærent stråling (spatially coherent radiation), samarbejde der tilsigter etablering af et sammenhaengende net af vandveje i Europa (co-operation aimed at establishing a coherent navigable network in Europe), sammenhængende materiale (coherent material, cohesive material), sammenhaengende tankegang (coherent thought), kohærent enhedssystem (coherent system). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | coherent (connected, consistent), samenhangend (connected, consistent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | kohera (connected, consistent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مربوط (Affiliate, Apposite, Coordinate, Dependent, Germane, Material, Pertinenet, Proper, Relevant), چسبیده (Adhesive, Clung), دارای ارتباطیانتیجه منطقی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | koossa pysyvä. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | cohérent (connected, consistent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zusammenhängend (articulated, coherently, cohesively, contiguous, interrelated, related), zusammenhängende (coherently, cohering, cohesive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | έχων συνοχή, συναφήσ (contextual, contiguous), συνδεδεμένοσ (conjoint, connected). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | következetes (connected, consequent, consistent), összetartozó (cohesive), összefüggő (cohesive, conferential, connected, continuous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | masuk akal (plausible, rational, reasonable), bertahan (withstand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | coerente (consistent), lineare (linear, logical, straightforward, unidimensional, unswerving). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 辻褄の合った (consistent), 筋の通った (logical, rational). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | すじのとおった (logical, rational), つじつまのあった (consistent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 응집성. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | resoonagh (consistent, judicious, logical, moderate, rational, reasonable, reasoner, remonstrative, sensible, tidy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oherentcay coerente (consistent, logic, logical, sequacious). (various references) coerent (coherently), strâns legat, lipit (agglutinate, clinging, pasting), legat (bound, coherently, connected, inwrought, pertinent, related, relevant). (various references) связный (connected), последовательный (consecutive, consequent, consistent, logical, running, sequacious, sequential, serial, successional, true blue, true-blue), понятный (apprehensible, aprehensible, clear, cogitable, comprehensible, foolproof, intelligible, lucid, obvious, pellucid, perspicuous, straight-forward, transparent, understandable). (various references) povezan (connected, germane, interconnected, linked, related, relative, sequacious), koherentan. (various references) coherente (sequacious). (various references) sammanhängande (coherently, cohesive, connected, continuous). (various references) ติ"แน่น (ingrained), ซึ่งสอ"คล้อง. (various references) yapışık (adherent, attached, cohesive, conjoint), uyumlu (accommodating, canorous, compatible, concordant, conformable, congenial, congruent, congruous, consentient, consequent, consonant, deferent, deferential, elastic, eurhythmic, harmonic, harmonious, melodious, responsive, rhythmic, supple, symphonious, tuneful, unisonous, well-matched), tutarlı (consistent, logical), birbirini tutan (clannish), ahenkli (cadenced, canorous, concordant, congruent, congruous, consonant, euphonic, euphonious, harmonic, harmonious, homophonic, in accord, in order, melodic, melodious, symphonious, tuneful). (various references) ясний (articulate, categorical, clean-cut, clear, cloudless, definite, determinate, distinct, elegant, explicative, explicatory, fine, limpid, lucid, neat, nude, obvious, orotund, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, robust, trenchant), розбірливий (choosy, decipherable, fastidious, legible), чіткий (articulate, clear-cut, crisp, neat, orotund, plucky, precise, vivid, well-defined), зрозумілий (apprehensible, clear, comprehensible, conceivable, fool-proof, intelligible, legible, lucid, natural, obvious, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, transparent, understandable, understood), зчеплений (meshed), зв'язний (connected, well connected), зв'язаний (affined, bound, cabined, cohesive, combined, conjunct, connected, relative). (various references) cố kết mạch lạc, dính liền (cohesive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | condensa, condensam, condensis, condensisque, contexta, contextarum, contextum. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "coherent": coherently. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "coherent": incoherent, noncoherent. (additional references) | |
Words containing "coherent": incoherently. (additional references) | |
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"Coherent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acoherent, Cenerente, Cherrett, coherant, coherhent, cohernt, coherrent, cohesent, Colherne. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "coherent" (pronounced kōhi"runt) |
| 8 | k ō h i" r u n t | incoherent. |
| 6 | -h i" r u n t | adherent, inherent. |
| 4 | -r u n t | aberrant, abhorrent, apparent, arrant, celebrant, Courant, declarant, deterrent, emigrant, entrant, errant, flagrant, fragrant, grandparent, hydrant, immigrant, indifferent, migrant, parent, quadrant, recalcitrant, registrant, seafront, torrent, transparent, tyrant, vagrant, vibrant, warrant. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, harassment, hesitant, ignorant, immanent, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vigilant, violent, virulent, wonderment. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-h-n-o-r-t" | |
-1 letter: notcher, thereon, trochee. | |
-2 letters: cenote, center, centre, cheero, cohere, cornet, echoer, encore, etcher, hector, hereon, hereto, hetero, hornet, nether, nother, recent, reecho, rochet, rotche, tenrec, thence, throne, tocher, trench, troche. | |
-3 letters: cento, cheer, chert, chore, conte, crone, enter, erect, ether, hence, heron, honer, north, notch, noter, ocher, ochre, other, recon, recto, rente, retch. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-h-n-o-r-t" | |
+2 letters: coherently, ctenophore, henceforth, hypocenter, incoherent. | |
+3 letters: archenteron, atherogenic, cherrystone, chronometer, ctenophores, endothermic, heterogonic, hypocenters, kinetochore, nephrectomy, noncoherent, orthocenter, thenceforth, theocentric, thermocline, truncheoned, unretouched. | |
+4 letters: archegoniate, archenterons, cherrystones, chromocenter, chronometers, countercheck, dechlorinate, encroachment, endotracheal, ethnocentric, heliocentric, incoherently, kinetochores, neurochemist, orthocenters, orthogenetic, picturephone, stereophonic, technetronic, theocentrism, theoretician, thermoclines, underclothes. | |
+5 letters: archegoniates, chromocenters, chronometries, counterchange, countercharge, counterchecks, counterthreat, counterweight, crotchetiness, dechlorinated, dechlorinates, dryopithecine, encroachments, ethnocentrism, helicoptering, morphogenetic, nephelometric, nephrectomies, nephrectomize, neurochemists, photoelectron, picturephones, precentorship, rapprochement, technocracies, terpsichorean, thenceforward, theocentrisms, theoreticians, thermonuclear, trichothecene, untheoretical. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6F 68 65 72 65 6E 74 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. --- .... . .-. . -. - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101111 01101000 01100101 01110010 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C o h e r e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006F 0068 0065 0072 0065 006E 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3781747184718086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Historic 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Quotations: Spoken 10. Usage Frequency 11. Names: Company Usage 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Translations: Ancient 16. Abbreviations | 17. Acronyms 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Orthography 22. Bibliography |
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