Cohesion

Definition of Cohesion

Co`he´sion

n.	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.

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