cohesion

cohesion
co•he•sion
[[t]koʊˈhi ʒən[/t]] n.
1) the act or state of cohering, uniting, or sticking together
2) phs the molecular force between particles within a body or substance that acts to unite them
3) bot Bot. the congenital union of one part with another
4) ling. Ling. the property of unity in speech or writing that stems from links among surface elements, as in the reference of pronouns to elements in the surrounding discourse
Etymology: 1670–80; var. of cohaesion < L cohaes-, cohaerēre to cohere

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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  • Cohesion — may refer to: Cohesion (chemistry), the intermolecular attraction between like molecules Cohesion (computer science), a measure of how well the lines of source code within a module work together Cohesion (geology), the part of shear strength that …   Wikipedia

  • Cohesion — Cohésion Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Cohésion (Linguistique): effet de continuité et de progression sémantique et référentielle produit dans un texte par un dispositif linguistique.… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • cohesión — sustantivo femenino 1. Unión o relación estrecha entre personas o cosas: Es una familia con mucha cohesión. La cohesión de la nueva dirección está asegurada. Es dudosa la cohesión de sus decisiones. 2. Área: física Unión recíproca de las… …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • Cohesion — Co*he sion, n. [Cf. F. coh[ e]sion. See {Cohere}.] 1. The act or state of sticking together; close union. [1913 Webster] 2. (Physics) That from of attraction by which the particles of a body are united throughout the mass, whether like or unlike; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cohésion — COHÉSION. s. f. Terme de Physique. Adhérence, force par la quelle des corps sont unis entre eux. Les parties des liqueurs grasses ont une certaine cohésion qui en rend la séparation moins aisée …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • cohesión — ‘Unión’: «Aquel incidente daba cohesión al grupo, lo fortalecía» (SchzOstiz Infierno [Esp. 1995]). Este sustantivo y el verbo derivado cohesionar se pronuncian [koesión] y [koesionár], respectivamente. Son incorrectas las pronunciaciones ⊕… …   Diccionario panhispánico de dudas

  • cohesion — 1670s, from Fr. cohésion, from L. cohaesionem (nom. cohaesio) a sticking together, noun of action from pp. stem of cohaerere to stick together (see COHERE (Cf. cohere)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Cohesion — Cohesion. См. Когезия. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …   Словарь металлургических терминов

  • cohesion — index accession (annexation), adherence (adhesion), adhesion (affixing), attachment (act of affixing), coaction, coalescence …   Law dictionary

  • cohesion — *cohere nee Analogous words: unification, consolidation, concentration, compacting (see corresponding verbs at COMPACT): coalescence, fusing or fusion, blending or blend, merging (see corresponding verbs at MIX) Contrasted words: disintegration,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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