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Another word for cohesion

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Noun

  1. The close physical union of two objects

      1. Something, such as a fetter, cord, or band, that binds, ties, or fastens things together.
      2. Confinement in prison; captivity.
      3. A uniting force or tie; a link:
      1. The process or condition of sticking or staying attached:
      2. The physical attraction or joining of two substances, especially the macroscopically observable attraction of dissimilar substances.
      3. A condition in which bodily tissues that are normally separate grow together.
      1. The process or condition of adhering.
      2. Faithful attachment; devotion:
    See also:

    connect

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Another word for cohesion

Noun
      1. The process or condition of adhering.
      2. Faithful attachment; devotion:
      1. The act of attaching or the condition of being attached.
      2. Something, such as a tie, band, or fastener, that attaches one thing to another.
      3. A bond, as of affection or loyalty; fond regard.
      1. The act of uniting or the state of being united.
      2. A combination so formed, especially an alliance or confederation of people, parties, or political entities for mutual interest or benefit.
      3. A set, every member of which is an element of one or another of two or more given sets.
    See also:

    coherence

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Sentence Examples

  • Resistance, again, is explained by cohesion, which implies binding force.

  • Thus among the city-states as well as among scattered villages the principle of cohesion was not unknown.

  • In ordinary cases the potting soil should be just so far removed from dryness that when a handful is gently pressed it may hang together, but may lose its cohesion when dropped.

  • There was, however, no cohesion in the restored empire, the disintegration of which, moreover, was hastened by the ravages of the Northmen, who plundered the cities in the valley of the Rhine.

  • Water, the carbonates and sulphates, and probably phosphates, and the metals platinum, gold, silver, cadmium, tin and copper have a specific cohesion double that of mercury.

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