coherency Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the state of cohering or sticking together
    cohesion; cohesiveness; coherence.
  2. noun logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts
    coherence.

WordNet

Co*her"ence, Co*her"en*cy noun (Also<
  • Coherence
  • Coherency
)
Etymology
L. cohaerentia: cf. F. cohérence.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913