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Cohesion [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. s as z.

2. The act of sticking together; the state of being united by natural attraction, as the constituent particles of bodies which unite in a mass, by a natural tendency; one of the different species of attraction.

3. Connection; dependence; as the cohesion of ideas. But in this sense, see Coherence.

Cohesion [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act or state of sticking together; close union.

2. 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.

3. Logical agreement and dependence; as, the cohesion of ideas.

Cohesion Encyclopedia Britannica

COHESION. See Attraction, Capillary Action, and Constitution of Bodies.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 6, p. 116
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