- (n.) The act or state of sticking together; close union.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) Logical agreement and dependence; as, the cohesion of ideas.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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