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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cohesion \Co*he"sion\, n. [Cf. F. coh['e]sion. See {Cohere}.]
1. The act or state of sticking together; close union.
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2. (Physics) 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.
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Solids and fluids differ in the degree of cohesion,
which, being increased, turns a fluid into a solid.
--Arbuthnot.
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3. Logical agreement and dependence; as, the cohesion of
ideas. --Locke.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cohesion
n 1: the state of cohering or sticking together [syn:
{coherence}, {coherency}, {cohesion}, {cohesiveness}] [ant:
{incoherence}, {incoherency}]
2: (botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together
that are usually separate (such as petals)
3: (physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the
molecules in a solid or liquid
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