'Cohesiveness' definitions:

Definition of 'cohesiveness'

(from WordNet)
noun
The state of cohering or sticking together [syn: coherence, coherency, cohesion, cohesiveness] [ant: incoherence, incoherency]
noun
The property of being cohesive and sticky [syn: cohesiveness, glueyness, gluiness, gumminess, tackiness, ropiness, viscidity, viscidness]

Definition of 'Cohesiveness'

From: GCIDE
  • Cohesive \Co*he"sive\, a.
  • 1. Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; as, cohesive attraction; producing cohesion; as, a cohesive force. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of cohering; tending to cohere; as, cohesive clay. [1913 Webster]
  • Cohesive attraction. See under Attraction. -- {Co*he"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Co*he"sive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

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