cohesion

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cohesion - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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cohesion - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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

cohesion - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  COHESION
  
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     (1995-01-04)