incoherent

  • 1incohérent — incohérent, ente [ ɛ̃kɔerɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • 1751; de 1. in et cohérent 1 ♦ Qui manque de liaison, de suite, d unité. Gestes incohérents. ⇒ désordonné. Images incohérentes d un rêve. Tenir des propos incohérents. ⇒ absurde, extravagant, illogique,… …

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  • 2Incoherent — In co*her ent, a. [Pref. in not + coherent: cf. F. incoh[ e]rent.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not coherent; wanting cohesion; loose; unconnected; physically disconnected; not fixed to each; said of material substances. Woodward. [1913 Webster] 2. Lacking… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3incohérent — incohérent, ente (in ko é ran, ran t ) adj. 1°   Terme de physique. Qui manque de cohérence. Les parties de l eau sont incohérentes ; d où la fluidité.    Terme de géologie. Couches incohérentes, couches dont les substances constituantes n ont… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 4incoherent — INCOHERÉNT, Ă adj. v. incoerent. Trimis de valeriu, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  INCOHERÉNT, Ă adj. v. incoerent. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN …

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  • 5incoherent — [in΄kō hir′ənt; ] also [, in΄kōher′ənt] adj. not coherent; specif., a) lacking cohesion; not sticking together b) not logically connected; disjointed; rambling c) characterized by incoherent speech, thought, etc. incoherently adv …

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  • 6incoherent — index disconnected, disjointed, disordered, incomprehensible Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 7incoherent — (adj.) 1620s, from IN (Cf. in ) (1) not, opposite of + COHERENT (Cf. coherent). Related: Incoherently …

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  • 8incoherent — [adj] unintelligible breathless, confused, disconnected, discontinuous, discordant, disjointed, disordered, dumb, faltering, inarticulate, incohesive, incomprehensible, incongruous, inconsistent, indistinct, indistinguishable, irrational, jumbled …

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  • 9incoherent — ► ADJECTIVE 1) incomprehensible or confusing in speech or writing. 2) internally inconsistent; illogical. 3) Physics (of light or other waves) having no fixed phase relationship. DERIVATIVES incoherence noun incoherency noun incoherently adverb …

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  • 10incoherent — [[t]ɪ̱nkoʊhɪ͟ərənt[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If someone is incoherent, they are talking in a confused and unclear way. As the evening progressed, he became increasingly incoherent... The man was almost incoherent with fear... She dissolved into… …

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