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Definition of Incoherent
1. Adjective. Without logical or meaningful connection. "A turgid incoherent presentation"
Also: Illogical, Unlogical, Irrational
Antonyms: Coherent
Derivative terms: Incoherence, Incoherence, Incoherency
2. Adjective. (physics) of waves having no stable definite or stable phase relation.
3. Adjective. Unable to express yourself clearly or fluently. "Incoherent with grief"
Definition of Incoherent
1. a. Not coherent; wanting cohesion; loose; unconnected; physically disconnected; not fixed to each; -- said of material substances.
Definition of Incoherent
1. Adjective. Lacking coherence or agreement; incongruous; inconsistent; not logically connected. ¹
2. Adjective. Not physically coherent; loose; unconnected. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Incoherent
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Incoherent
1. 1. Not coherent; wanting cohesion; loose; unconnected; physically disconnected; not fixed to each; said of material substances. 2. Wanting coherence or agreement; incongruous; inconsistent; having no dependence of one part on another; logically disconnected. "The same rambling, incoherent manner." Origin: Pref. In- not + coherent: cf. F. Incoherent. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Incoherent
Literary usage of Incoherent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Factors of the Unsound Mind: With Special Reference to the Plea of by William Augustus Guy (1881)
"incoherent SPEECH. WORDS, spoken and written, are the best outward signs of the
... We have all of us some experience of incoherent Speech in states falling ..."
2. In the Desert by Lisle March Phillipps (1905)
"CHAPTER XVIII THE MOSLEM SPHERE OF INFLUENCE Arab society, its nebulous and
incoherent character—Arab thought, its lack of depth and solidity—Immobility of ..."
3. Composition and Rhetoric for Schools by Robert Herrick, Lindsay Todd Damon (1899)
"In other words, a coherent sentence is one in which the elements stick together.
109. Ambiguity the Usual Result of Incoherence.—In many cases an incoherent ..."
4. Annals of the American Pulpit: Or, Commemorative Notices of Distinguished by William Buell Sprague (1859)
"It was a striking coincidence that, while his mind was bewildered on the shores
of time, there was often heard, amidst his incoherent utterances, ..."
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