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Cohesive

//kəʊˈhiː.sɪv// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having cohesion.

    "Our object is to unite all the manifestations of the New Era into one cohesive whole—New Thought, Christian Science, Theosophy, Vedanta, Bahaism, and the other sparks from the one New Light."

Adjective
  1. 1
    causing cohesion wordnet
  2. 2
    cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A substance that provides cohesion

    "The thesaurus (Chapman, 1977) lists two pages of mechanical tools, two pages of joining functions, and a half page of adhesives, binders, and cohesives used to build or repair consumer goods."

  2. 2
    A device used to establish cohesion within a text

    "The fourth of this group of cohesives is the anaphoric, same UT."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin cohaesus, past participle of cohaereō, + -ive.

Etymology 2

From Latin cohaesus, past participle of cohaereō, + -ive.

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