Cohesion

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːʒən

Alternative forms

• cohæsion archaic

Origin

From French cohésion, from Latin cohaesionem.

Full definition of cohesion

Noun

1. State of cohering, or of working together.Unit cohesion is important in the military.
2. (physics, chemistry) Various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together.
3. (biology) Growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant.
4. (computing) Degree to which different modules in a computing system are functionally dependent on others.
5. (linguistics) Grammatical or lexical relationship between different parts of the same text.

Antonyms

• adhesion
• computing coupling

Related terms

• coherence