cohesion

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From French cohésion, from Latin cohaesionem.

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cohesion (usually uncountable; plural cohesions)

  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 different modules in a computing system are functionally dependent on others.
  5. (linguistics) Grammatical or lexical relationship between different parts of the same text.

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the state of cohering, or of sticking together
the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together
the growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant
the degree to which different modules in a computing system are functionally dependent on others
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[edit] References

  • “cohesion” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
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