Vocabulary : Coheiress to Coherer

Coheiress : A female heir who inherits with other heiresses; a joint heiress.
Coheirship : The state of being a coheir.
Coherald : A joint herald.
Cohere : To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass. ;; To be united or connected together in subordination to one purpose; to follow naturally and logically, as the parts of a discourse, or as arguments in a train of reasoning; to be logically consistent. ;; To suit; to agree; to fit.
Cohered : of Cohere

Coherence : Alt. of Coherency
Coherency : A sticking or cleaving together; union of parts of the same body; cohesion. ;; 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.
Coherent : Sticking together; cleaving; as the parts of bodies; solid or fluid. ;; Composed of mutually dependent parts; making a logical whole; consistent; as, a coherent plan, argument, or discourse. ;; Logically consistent; -- applied to persons; as, a coherent thinker. ;; Suitable or suited; adapted; accordant.
Coherently : In a coherent manner.
Coherer : Any device in which an imperfectly conducting contact between pieces of metal or other conductors loosely resting against each other is materially improved in conductivity by the influence of Hertzian waves; -- so called by Sir O. J. Lodge in 1894 on the assumption that the impact of the electic waves caused the loosely connected parts to cohere, or weld together, a condition easily destroyed by tapping. A common form of coherer as used in wireless telegraphy consists of a tube containing filings (usually a pinch of nickel and silver filings in equal parts) between terminal wires or plugs (called conductor plugs).

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