cohesion
NounUS[koh-hee-zhuhn]/koʊˈhiʒən/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (4)
- the state of cohering or sticking togetherSynonyms: coherencecoherencycohesivenessType of connection, linkKinds continuity, consistency
- (botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals)Type of growth, growing
- (physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquidType of force
- (linguistics) the grammatical and lexical linking within a text or sentence that holds a text together and gives it meaning.“While lexical cohesion is obviously achieved by the selection of vocabulary, the other types of cohesion are considered as grammatical cohesion.”Type of linguistic processKinds grammatical cohesion
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Co·he′sion noun
Origin: Cf. F. cohésion. 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.— John Arbuthnot
3. Logical agreement and dependence; as, the cohesion of ideas. John Locke
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
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