2. That quality of bodies which keeps them from parting
without considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of
attraction; -- as distinguished from brittleness,
fragility, mobility, etc.
3. That quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other
bodies; adhesiveness; viscosity. --Holland.
4. (Physics) The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can
bear without tearing asunder, -- usually expressed with
reference to a unit area of the cross section of the
substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or
kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce
rupture.