COHESIVE

cohesive. Cohesive, a. having a sticking quality, sticky

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Co‐he″sive (?), a. 1. 1. Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; as, cohesive attraction; producing cohesion; as, a cohesive force.
2. 2. Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of cohering; tending to cohere; as, cohesive clay.
Cohesive attraction. See under Attraction. — Co‐he″sive‐ly, adv. — Co‐he″sive‐ness, n.