Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cohesiveness"
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)
cohesiveness
n 1: the state of cohering [syn: {coherence}, {coherency}, {cohesion}]
[ant: {incoherence}]
2: the property of being cohesive and sticky [syn: {glueyness},
{gluiness}, {gumminess}, {ropiness}, {viscidity}, {viscidness}]
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