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co⋅he⋅sive

  [koh-hee-siv]
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–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

Related forms:
co⋅he⋅sive⋅ly, adverb
co⋅he⋅sive⋅ness, noun
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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.
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