Thesaurus: cohesion

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1. n. The act or state of sticking together; close union.
2. 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.
3. n. Logical agreement and dependence; as, the cohesion of ideas.
4. n. the state of cohering or sticking together
5. n. (botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals)
6. n. (physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid
7. n. (linguistics) the grammatical and lexical linking within a text or sentence that holds a text together and gives it meaning.
8. 1. The act or state of sticking together; close union. 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. Solids and fluids differ in the degree of cohesion, which, being increased, turns a fluid into a solid. Arbuthnot. 3. Logical agreement and dependence; as, the cohesion of ideas. Locke.
9. That from of attraction by which the particles of a body areunited throughout the mass, whether like or unlike; -- distinguishedfrom adhesion, which unites bodies by their adjacent surfaces.Solids and fluids differ in the degree of cohesion, which, beingincreased, turns a fluid into a solid. Arbuthnot.
10. n:100 n. (botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals) n. (physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid