cohesure

English

Etymology

From cohaesūr-, the future active participial stem of cohaereō (“I cleave together, I cohere”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: kōhēʹzyo͝oər, kōhēʹzhər, IPA^(key): /kəʊˈhiːzjʊə/, /kəʊˈhiːʒə/

Noun

cohesure (uncountable)

1. (rare) cohesion
   • 1868: Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, volume 27, page 31

     He was of opinion that the action of the sand was not of a chemical nature, but that the attraction of cohesure, or adhesion, exerted on the surface of the sand in contact with the impurities, constituted a physical force sufficient to overcome the weak chemical affinity in virtue of which salts were held in solution, and to cause the exposure to the action of the air, and consequent neutralization of much of the organic impurities.

   • 2002, April 7th: RoseKira, alt.tv.xena (Google group): The Gods -- A Question of Powers, 4:08am

     Or, as Ares said, the only thing the gods had to fear was dissent amongst their ranks… they needed cohesure, or it fell apart.

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) cohēsūre

1. vocative masculine singular of cohēsūrus