cohesion

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Pronunciation

• (GA) IPA: /koʊˈhiʒən/

Noun

cohesion (uncountable)

1. State of cohering, or of working together.

   Unit cohesion is important in the military.

2. (physics, chemistry) Various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together.
3. (biology) Growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant.
4. (computing) Degree to which functionally related elements in a computing system belong together.
5. (linguistics) Grammatical or lexical relationship between different parts of the same text.

Antonyms

• adhesion
• (computing) coupling

Related terms

• coherence

Translations

• French: cohésion
• German: Zusammenhalt
• Portuguese: coesão
• Russian: еди́нство
• Spanish: cohesión

Translations

• French: cohésion
• Portuguese: coesão
• Russian: коге́зия
• Spanish: cohesión

Translations

• Russian: сраста́ние

Translations

• Portuguese: coesão
• Russian: свя́зность

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