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cohesive

[koh-hee-siv]

co·he·sive

[koh-hee-siv]
adjective
1.
characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
2.
cohering or tending to cohere; well-integrated; unified: a cohesive organization.
3.
Physics. of or pertaining to the molecular force within a body or substance acting to unite its parts.

Origin:
1720–30; cohes(ion) + -ive

co·he·sive·ly, adverb
co·he·sive·ness, noun
non·co·he·sive, adjective
non·co·he·sive·ly, adverb
non·co·he·sive·ness, noun
EXPAND
un·co·he·sive, adjective
un·co·he·sive·ly, adverb
un·co·he·sive·ness, noun
COLLAPSE
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Cohesive is always a great word to know.
So is interaction. Does it mean:
the force that acts between bodies of like electric charge or magnetic polarity, tending to separate them
the direct effect that one kind of particle has on another in inducing the emission or absorption of one particle by another
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cohesive (kəʊˈhiːsɪv)
 
adj
1.  characterized by or causing cohesion
2.  tending to cohere or stick together
 
cohesively
 
adv
 
cohesiveness
 
n

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