English noun: cohesion |
1. | cohesion (state) the state of cohering or sticking together |
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| Synonyms | coherence, coherency, cohesiveness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | connectedness, connection, link |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | consistency, continuity |
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| Antonyms | incoherence, incoherency |
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2. | cohesion (process) (botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals) |
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| Broader (hypernym) | development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny |
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| Domain category | botany, phytology |
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3. | cohesion (phenomenon) (physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid |
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| Broader (hypernym) | force |
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| Domain category | natural philosophy, physics |
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