Cohesive attraction. See under Attraction.

Co*he"sive*ly, adv.Co*he"sive*ness, n.

3. To suit; to agree; to fit. [Obs.]

Had time cohered with place, or place with wishing.
Shak.

Syn. — To cleave; unite; adhere; stick; suit; agree; fit; be consistent.

Coherence
(Co*her"ence Co*her"en*cy) , n. [L. cohaerentia: cf. F. cohérence.]

1. A sticking or cleaving together; union of parts of the same body; cohesion.

2. Connection or dependence, proceeding from the subordination of the parts of a thing to one principle or purpose, as in the parts of a discourse, or of a system of philosophy; consecutiveness.

Coherence of discourse, and a direct tendency of all the parts of it to the argument in hand, are most eminently to be found in him.
Locke.

Coherent
(Co*her"ent) a. [L. cohaerens, p. pr. See Cohere.]

1. Sticking together; cleaving; as the parts of bodies; solid or fluid. Arbuthnot.

2. Composed of mutually dependent parts; making a logical whole; consistent; as, a coherent plan, argument, or discourse.

3. Logically consistent; — applied to persons; as, a coherent thinker. Watts.

4. Suitable or suited; adapted; accordant. [Obs.]

Instruct my daughter how she shall persever,
That time and place, with this deceit so lawful,
May prove coherent.
Shak.

Coherently
(Co*her"ent*ly), adv. In a coherent manner.

Cohesibility
(Co*he`si*bil"i*ty) n. The state of being cohesible. Good.

Cohesible
(Co*he"si*ble) a. Capable of cohesion.

Cohesion
(Co*he"sion) n. [Cf. F. cohésion. 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.

Cohesive
(Co*he"sive) a.

1. Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; as, cohesive attraction; producing cohesion; as, a cohesive force.

2. Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of cohering; tending to cohere; as, cohesive clay.


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