cohesion
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cohesion
- /kəʊˈhiː.ʒən/ UK
- /koʊˈhi.ʒən/ Canada, US
- /kəʉˈhiː.ʒən/ Australia
- [kəʉˈhɪi.ʒn̩] Australia
- /kɐʉˈhiː.ʒən/ New Zealand
Rhymes with -iːʒən
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Attested from the late 17th century, borrowed from French cohésion, from Latin cohaesiō, cohaesiōnem.
noun cohesions · cohæsion
- State of cohering, or of working together. Unit cohesion is important in the military.
- Various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together.
- Growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant.
- Degree to which functionally related elements in a system belong together. In general, it is neither advisable nor possible to create such maximally cohesive classes; on the other hand, we would like cohesion to be high. When cohesion is high, it means that the methods and variables of the class are co-dependent and hang together as a logical whole.
- Grammatical or lexical relationship between different parts of the same text.
Opposite: adhesion
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cohesiveness, coherency, coherence, coherent, cohesive, togetherness, interdependence, conjunction, consistency, unity, integration, inclusion, coordination, convergence, connection, interrelationship
noun
Opposite: adhesion
Translations
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noun the state of cohering, or of sticking together
| Español | cohesión |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 結合 ketsugō |
| 中文 | 銜接 /衔接 xiánjiē, 凝聚力 níngjùlì |
| Kiswahili | mshikamano |
| Português | coesão |
| Français | cohésion |
| Deutsch | Zusammenhalt |
| Ελληνικά | συνοχή synochí |
| Русский | еди́нство jedínstvo, сплочённость spločónnostʹ, сцепле́ние sceplénije, связь svjazʹ |
noun the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together
| Español | cohesión |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 응집력 eungjimnyeok |
| 日本語 | 凝集力 gyōshūryoku |
| 中文 | 凝聚力 níngjùlì |
| Kiswahili | mshikamano |
| Português | coesão |
| Français | cohésion |
| Русский | коге́зия kogézija, сцепле́ние sceplénije |
noun the growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant
| Русский | сраста́ние srastánije |
|---|
noun the degree to which functionally related elements belong together
| 日本語 | 凝集度 gyōshūdo |
|---|---|
| Português | coesão |
| Русский | свя́зность svjáznostʹ |
Talk about this word "cohesion." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cohesion. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cohesion. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cohesion "cohesion." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cohesion.Cite this
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title = {cohesion},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cohesion},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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