Synonyms for cohesion

Grammar : Noun

Spell : koh-hee-zhuh n

Phonetic Transcription : koʊˈhi ʒən

Définition of cohesion

Origin : 1670s, from French cohésion, from Latin cohaesionem (nominative cohaesio) "a sticking together," noun of action from past participle stem of cohaerere "to stick together" (see cohere).

noun union

Example sentences :

He may be described as confusing the attraction of gravitation with the attraction of cohesion.
Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato

The law of attraction and cohesion everywhere is the law of sex-activity.
Extract from : « Sex=The Unknown Quantity » by Ali Nomad

The long wade through the water and mud had upset the cohesion of the Brigade.
Extract from : « Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 » by Ian Hamilton

There is "cohesion" between them, but it is less powerful than in a solid.
Extract from : « The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) » by J. Arthur Thomson

Then, the cohesion of wealth is not always an intelligent force.
Extract from : « The American Empire » by Scott Nearing

The cohesion of wealth is a force of peculiar social significance.
Extract from : « The American Empire » by Scott Nearing

Sad is the fate of a nation when the force of cohesion is weakened.
Extract from : « The Romance of Mathematics » by P. Hampson

In these cases the tubular form may rather be due to dilatation than to cohesion.
Extract from : « Vegetable Teratology » by Maxwell T. Masters

Besides, they've no cohesion, no power, like the miners or railway men.
Extract from : « The Freelands » by John Galsworthy

At length the cohesion of the mass was not sufficient to sustain its weight.
Extract from : « The Ocean and its Wonders » by R.M. Ballantyne

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