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A sticking or cleaving together; union of parts of the same body; cohesion.

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  1. n. A sticking or cleaving together; union of parts of the same body; cohesion.
  2. n. Connection or dependence, proceeding from the subordination of the parts of a thing to one principle or purpose, as in the parts of a discourse, or of a system of philosophy; consecutiveness.
  3. n. the state of cohering or sticking together
  4. n. logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts
  5. 1. A sticking or cleaving together; union of parts of the same body; cohesion. 2. Connection or dependence, proceeding from the subordination of the parts of a thing to one principle or purpose, as in the parts of a discourse, or of a system of philosophy; consecutiveness. Coherence of discourse, and a direct tendency of all the parts of it to the argument in hand, are most eminently to be found in him. Locke.
  6. n:100 n the state of cohering or sticking together n logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts