Co-hē'sion, n.
(hē'/zhun), n. [Fr. cohésion. See COHERE.] 1. The act of sticking together; that form of attraction by which the particles of homogeneous bodies unite together.
Solids and fluids differ in the degree of cohesion. Arbuthnot.
Sense 2. A state of connection or dependence; as, the cohesion of ideas. Locke.