Meaning of COHESION
| Pronunciation: | | kow'heezhun
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- [n] (physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid
- [n] (botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals)
- [n] the state of cohering or sticking together
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| | Synonyms: | | coherence, coherency, cohesiveness |
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| | Antonyms: | | incoherence, incoherency | | |
| | See Also: | | connectedness, connection, consistency, continuity, development, force, growing, growth, link, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny | |
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| | Definition: | | \Co*he"sion\, n. [Cf. F. coh['e]sion. See {Cohere}.]
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.
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| | Definition: | | The sticking together of floral parts of the same whorl without organic fusion. |
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