ETYM Latin cohaerentia: cf. French cohérence.
1. Logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts; SYN. coherency.
2. The state of cohering; SYN. coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness.
In physics, property of two or more waves of a beam of light or other electromagnetic radiation having the same frequency and the same phase, or a constant phase difference.
1. The state of being connected; SYN. link, connectedness.
2. Something that connects; SYN. connexion, connector, connecter, connective.
3. A relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); SYN. connexion, connectedness.
4. A supplier (especially of narcotics).
5. Shifting from one form of transportation to another; SYN. connexion.
6. A connecting shape; SYN. connexion, link.
7. (Usually plural) A person who is influential and to whom one is connected in some way (as by family or friendship).
ETYM Latin contextus; cf. French contexte.
1. Discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation; SYN. linguistic context, context of use.
2. The set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; SYN. circumstance.
ETYM Cf. French contiguité, Late Lat. contiguitas.
The state of being contiguous; intimate association; nearness; proximity.