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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cohesion \Co*he"sion\, noun [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cohesion
noun
1: the state of cohering or sticking together [syn: {coherence}, {coherency}, {cohesiveness}] [ant: {incoherence}]
2: (botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals)
3: (physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
COHESION {DEC}'s {CASE} environment. [Details?]. (1995-01-04)
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