Cohesion

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cohesion \Co*he"sion\, n. [Cf. F. coh['e]sion. See {Cohere}.]
     1. The act or state of sticking together; close union.
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     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.
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              Solids and fluids differ in the degree of cohesion,
              which, being increased, turns a fluid into a solid.
                                                    --Arbuthnot.
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     3. Logical agreement and dependence; as, the cohesion of
        ideas. --Locke.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cohesion
       n 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)