cohesiveness

2 definitions found

cohesiveness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cohesive \Co*he"sive\, a.
     1. Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; as,
        cohesive attraction; producing cohesion; as, a cohesive
        force.
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     2. Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of
        cohering; tending to cohere; as, cohesive clay.
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     Cohesive attraction. See under Attraction. --
        Co*he"sive*ly, adv. -- Co*he"sive*ness, n.
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cohesiveness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cohesiveness
      n 1: the state of cohering or sticking together [syn:
           coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness] [ant:
           incoherence, incoherency]
      2: the property of being cohesive and sticky [syn:
         cohesiveness, glueyness, gluiness, gumminess,
         tackiness, ropiness, viscidity, viscidness]