cohesiveness
NounUS[koh-hee-siv-nuhs]/koʊˈhisɪvnəs/4 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (2)
- the state of cohering or sticking togetherSynonyms: coherencecoherencycohesionType of connection, linkKinds continuity, consistency
- the property of being cohesive and stickySynonyms: glueynessgluinessgumminesstackinessropinessviscidityviscidnessType of viscosity, viscousness
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“cohesiveness” is listed under Cohesive.
Co·he′sive adjective
1. Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; as, cohesive attraction; producing cohesion; as, a cohesive force.
2. Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of cohering; tending to cohere; as, cohesive clay.
Cohesive attraction. See under Attraction.
— Co·he′wb-a1′>′sive·ly, adverb — Co·he′wb-a1′>′sive·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54