incoherency

incoherency
incoherency (n.) 1680s, from INCOHERENT (Cf. incoherent) + -CY (Cf. -cy).

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  • incoherency — incoherent ► ADJECTIVE 1) incomprehensible or confusing in speech or writing. 2) internally inconsistent; illogical. 3) Physics (of light or other waves) having no fixed phase relationship. DERIVATIVES incoherence noun incoherency noun… …   English terms dictionary

  • incoherency — /in koh hear euhn see, her /, n., pl. incoherencies. incoherence. [1675 85; IN 3 + COHERENCY] * * * …   Universalium

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  • incoherency — n. meaninglessness, quality of being rambling and disjointed …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • incoherency — in·coherency …   English syllables

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  • Steganography — is the art and science of writing hidden messages in such a way that no one apart from the sender and intended recipient even realizes there is a hidden message. By contrast, cryptography obscures the meaning of a message, but it does not conceal …   Wikipedia

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