01 n. The act or state of sticking together; close union.
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The act or state of sticking together; close union.
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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.(Physics)“Solids and fluids differ in the degree of cohesion, which, being increased, turns a fluid into a solid.” — Arbuthnot.
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Logical agreement and dependence; as, the cohesion of ideas.