COHESION

cohesion. Cohesion, n. a state of union, a close connexion

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Co‐he″sion (?), n. [[Cf. F. cohésion. See Cohere.]] 1. 1. The act or state of sticking together; close union.
2. 2. (Physics) 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.
Solids and fluids differ in the degree of cohesion, which, being increased, turns a fluid into a solid. Arbuthnot. 3. 3. Logical agreement and dependence; as, the cohesion of ideas. Locke.