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The Meaning of cohesion

  • (n.) The act or state of sticking together; close union.
  • (n.) That from of attraction by which the particles of a body are united throughout the mass, whether like or unlike; -- distinguished from adhesion, which unites bodies by their adjacent surfaces.
  • (n.) Logical agreement and dependence; as, the cohesion of ideas.

Synonyms

gluiness , coherency , viscidness , tackiness , ropiness , coherence , viscidity , cohesiveness , glueyness , gumminess

Rhymes

adhesion , artesian , cartesian , indonesian , lesion , melanesian , peloponnesian , polynesian , rhodesian , tunisian