Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cohesive"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Cohesive \Co*he"sive\, a.
1. Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; as,
cohesive attraction; producing cohesion; as, a cohesive
force.

2. Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of
cohering; tending to cohere; as, cohesive clay.

{Cohesive attraction}. See under {Attraction}. --
{Co*he"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Co*he"sive*ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

cohesive
adj 1: causing cohesion; "a cohesive agent"
2: cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated; "a cohesive
organization"


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