internal coherence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinternalandcoherence
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internal
adjective
uk/ɪnˈtɜː.nəl/us/ɪnˈtɝː.nəl/
inside ...
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coherence
noun[U]
uk/kəʊˈhɪə.rəns/us/koʊˈhɪr.əns/
the situation when the parts of something fit together in a natural or ...
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(Definition ofinternalandcoherencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofinternal coherence
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True as this may be, there is an important difference between the external criterion ofinternalcoherenceand both internal criteria.
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In our exegetical reading of his text, which observes itsinternalcoherenceand historicity, we contemplate the conceptual prolongations it presents to phenomenology of perception.
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In addition, the nonconsequentialist character of many fairness principles raises questions ofinternalcoherence.
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As a result, it is a mixed bag of individual contributions without muchinternalcoherence.
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We can assess theinternalcoherenceof arguments and compare across arguments to detect the faultlines of debate.
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This point draws us into a discussion ofinternalcoherenceand external consistency.
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Theinternalcoherenceand identity of the group may be expressed architecturally.
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A further aim is to reveal someinternalcoherencein these processes.
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As a collection, however, the volume lacksinternalcoherenceand adds little in the way of either information or analysis.
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When the imagination is actively engaged, it can provide a source ofinternalcoherencethat parallels meaning as formally defined.
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These measures ofinternalcoherenceenable students to judge the success of the solutions they have devised against their original intentions.
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Yetinternalcoherencemay prove insufficient comfort in the face of patent unfairness that results from segregated, albeit internally coherent, spheres of justice.
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Nor is there any attempt atinternalcoherence.
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To both of these internal criteria one could object that they are roughly similar to the external criterion ofinternalcoherence.
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This demarcation problem notwithstanding, let us focus oninternalcoherence.
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Partisan cohesion indicates theinternalcoherenceor unity of a congressional party on a particular legislative vote.
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He also propounds a methodological holism that assumes theinternalcoherenceof any single author's body of writings and seeks to uncover the project behind that coherence (pp. 27-45).
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Theories which score poorly on a simplicity test may yet have a high degree ofinternalcoherence, so again the consonance argument fails to lead where it should.
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Integrity disciplines the community towards aninternalcoherence.
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