What does incoherency mean?

Definitions for incoherency
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. incoherence, incoherencynoun

    lack of cohesion or clarity or organization

  2. incoherence, incoherency, unintelligibilitynoun

    nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible

Wiktionary

  1. incoherencynoun

    The quality of being incoherent; lack of coherence.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Incoherence, Incoherencynoun

    Etymology: in and coherence.

    I find that laying the intermediate ideas naked in their due order, shews the incoherence of the argumentations better than syllogisms. John Locke.

    Incoherences in matter, and suppositions without proofs, put handsomely together, are apt to pass for strong reason. John Locke.

    If plaister be beaten into an impalpable powder, when poured out it will emulate a liquor, by reason that the smalness and incoherence of the parts do both make them easy to be put into motion, and makes the pores they intercept so small, that they interrupt not the unity or continuity of the mass. Boyle.

ChatGPT

  1. incoherency

    Incoherency is the lack of logical or meaningful connection between parts or aspects of something, resulting in a state of confusion, inconsistency, or randomness. It can also refer to speech or thought that is not clear, lucid, or intelligible.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Incoherencynoun

    the quality or state of being incoherent; want of coherence; want of cohesion or adherence

  2. Incoherencynoun

    want of connection; incongruity; inconsistency; want of agreement or dependence of one part on another; as, the incoherence of arguments, facts, etc

  3. Incoherencynoun

    that which is incoherent

  4. Etymology: [Cf. F. incohrence.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of incoherency in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of incoherency in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2


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