Lacking coherence or logical connection; incoherent, especially used in the phrase 'discoherent scattering' in physics.
From dis- (prefix meaning opposite or not) + coherent (from Latin cohaerens, meaning sticking together). In physics, 'discoherent' describes scattering that destroys the organized wave properties of particles.
In quantum physics, 'discoherent scattering' is when particles lose their organized wave behavior—it's like the difference between a neat beam of light and scattered, jumbled light bouncing everywhere!
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