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De - Pt| English Dictionary: 'cohesion' | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for 'cohesion' | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Cohesion \Co*he"sion\, n. [Cf. F. coh[82]sion. See {Cohere}.] 1. The act or state of sticking together; close union. 2. (Physics) That from of attraction by which the particles of a body are united throughout the mass, whether like or unlike; -- distinguished from adhesion, which unites bodies by their adjacent surfaces. Solids and fluids differ in the degree of cohesion, which, being increased, turns a fluid into a solid. --Arbuthnot. 3. Logical agreement and dependence; as, the cohesion of ideas. --Locke. | |
| From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
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COHESION {DEC}'s {CASE} environment. [Details?]. (1995-01-04) | |
