COHESION

Definition of COHESION

  1. (noun)the state of cohering or sticking together
  2. (noun)(botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals)
  3. (noun)(physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid
  4. (noun)(linguistics) the grammatical and lexical linking within a text or sentence that holds a text together and gives it meaning.