01 n. A sticking or cleaving together; union of parts of the same body; cohesion.
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1.
A sticking or cleaving together; union of parts of the same body; cohesion.
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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; a logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts; 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.
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3.
the state of cohering.
Syn.
cohesion, cohesiveness.