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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
co·he·sion   (kō-hē'zhən)   
n.  
  1. The act, process, or condition of cohering: exhibited strong cohesion in the family unit.
  2. Physics The intermolecular attraction by which the elements of a body are held together.
  3. Botany The congenital union of parts of the same kind, such as a calyx of five united sepals.

[From Latin cohaesus, past participle of cohaerēre, to cling together; see cohere.]
co·he'sive (-sĭv, -zĭv) adj., co·he'sive·ly adv., co·he'sive·ness n.

Cohesive

Co*he"sive\, a. 1. Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; as, cohesive attraction; producing cohesion; as, a cohesive force.

2. Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of cohering; tending to cohere; as, cohesive clay.

Cohesive attraction. See under Attraction. -- Co*he"sive*ly, adv. -- Co*he"sive*ness, n.

Main Entry: co·he·sive
Pronunciation: kO-'hE-siv, -ziv
Function: adjective
: exhibiting or producing cohesion —co·he·sive·ly adverbco·he·sive·ness noun
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