Co-hē'rence or Co-hē'ren-cy, n.
n. [Lat. cohaerentia.]
Sense 1. A sticking or cleaving together; union of parts of the same body, or a cleaving together of two bodies, by means of attraction. “The coherence of the particles of air.” Locke.
Sense 2. Suitable connection or dependence, proceeding from the natural relation of parts or things to each other, as in the parts of a discourse, or of any system; consistency. “A great organic whole, of which every part is in vital coherence with the other.” Trench.