Co*he"sion (?), n. [Cf.
F. cohésion. See
Cohere.]
1. The act or state of sticking together; close union.
2. (Physics) That from of
attraction by which the particles of a body are united throughout the mass, whether like or unlike; -- distinguished from adhesion, which unites
bodies by their adjacent surfaces.
Solids
and fluids differ in the degree
of cohesion, which, being increased, turns a fluid into
a solid.
Arbuthnot.
3. Logical agreement and dependence; as, the cohesion of ideas.
Locke.
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