1. The state of cohering or sticking together
   "The cohesion of the group was tested during the crisis";
   - coherence, coherency, cohesiveness
    
2. (botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals)
   "The cohesion of petals in some flowers creates a tubular shape"
    
3. (physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid
   "Surface tension in water is a result of cohesion between water molecules"
    
4. (linguistics) the grammatical and lexical linking within a text or sentence that holds a text together and gives it meaning
   "While lexical cohesion is obviously achieved by the selection of vocabulary, the other types of cohesion are considered as grammatical cohesion"

Derived forms: cohesions

Type of: connectedness, connection, development, force, growing, growth, linguistic process, link, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny

Encyclopedia: Cohesion