Both Uses of
coherent
in
Black: The Birth of Evil
- There'd been a ruckus just after Tom had fallen asleep, when Peter had barged into the situation room, mumbling incoherently.†
Chpt 31 *incoherently = not in a sensible and clear manner; or not in a manner where parts fit together consistently or pleasinglystandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in incoherently means not and reverses the meaning of coherently. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- He began to mumble incoherently in another half-hour.†
Chpt 34
Definitions:
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(1)
(coherent) sensible and clear; or describing parts as fitting together in a consistent or pleasing manner
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
A comprehensive dictionary will have more specialized definitions of coherent such as one used in physics.