Definition of Coheseon
Co*he"sion (?), n. [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.
Arbuthnot.
3. Logical agreement and dependence; as,
the cohesion of ideas. Locke.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- the state of cohering, or of sticking together
- (physics),(chemistry) the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together
- (biology) the growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant
- (computing) the degree to which different modules in a computing system are functionaly dependent on others
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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