cohesion
noun/kəʊˈhiːʒn/
/kəʊˈhiːʒn/
[uncountable]- (formal) the act or state of keeping together synonym unity
- 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
Word Originmid 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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