cohesion
noun
/kəʊˈhiːʒn/
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(formal) the act or state of keeping together
- the cohesion of the nuclear family
- social/political/economic cohesion
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(physics, chemistry) the force causing molecules of the same substance to stick together
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technical a close relationship, based on grammar or meaning, between two parts of a sentence or a larger piece of writing
Origin:
mid 17th cent.: from Latin cohaes- ‘cleaved together’, from the verb cohaerere, from co- ‘together’ + haerere ‘to stick’, on the pattern of adhesion.
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