English Explanatory Dictionary

cohesion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. State of cohering, or of working together.
  2. Various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together.
  3. Growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant.
  4. Degree to which functionally related elements in a system belong together.
  5. Grammatical or lexical relationship between different parts of the same text.

Pronunciation

/kəʊˈhiː.ʒən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cohesion.wav /koʊˈhi.ʒən/ /kəʉˈhiː.ʒən/ [kəʉˈhɪi.ʒn̩] /kɐʉˈhiː.ʒən/

Word forms

cohesion cohesions cohæsion

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin haereō Latin cohaereō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cohaesiōlbor. French cohésionbor. English cohesion Attested from the late 17th century, borrowed from French cohésion, from Latin cohaesiō, cohaesiōnem.

Antonyms

adhesion

Related words

coherence

Derived words

cohesin cohesional cohesionless decohesion discohesion dyscohesion dyshesion incohesion noncohesion sister chromatid cohesion social cohesion
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