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To: Scarecrow who wrote (63268)12/8/1999 9:06:00 PM
From: jlallen  Respond to of 67261
 
ROFL!! JLA



To: Scarecrow who wrote (63268)12/9/1999 10:29:00 AM
From: lorrie coey  Respond to of 67261
 
So, you missed the relationship of "nonsequiter" to "nonlinear"? Hmmm.

"coherence"

Coherence \Co*her"ence\, Coherency \Co*her"en*cy\, n. [L. cohaerentia: cf. F. coh['e]rence.] 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.

From WordNet (r) 1.6 (wn)

coherence n 1: the state of cohering [syn: {coherency}, {cohesion}, {cohesiveness}]2: logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts...