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Cohesion

//kəʊˈhiː.ʒən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    State of cohering, or of working together. uncountable, usually

    "Unit cohesion is important in the military."

  2. 2
    (physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid wordnet
  3. 3
    Various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together. uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    (botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals) wordnet
  5. 5
    Growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant. uncountable, usually
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  1. 6
    (linguistics) the grammatical and lexical linking within a text or sentence that holds a text together and gives it meaning. wordnet
  2. 7
    Degree to which functionally related elements in a system belong together. uncountable, usually

    "In general, it is neither advisable nor possible to create such maximally cohesive classes; on the other hand, we would like cohesion to be high. When cohesion is high, it means that the methods and variables of the class are co-dependent and hang together as a logical whole."

  3. 8
    the state of cohering or sticking together wordnet
  4. 9
    Grammatical or lexical relationship between different parts of the same text. uncountable, usually

Etymology

Attested from the late 17th century, borrowed from French cohésion, from Latin cohaesiō, cohaesiōnem.

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