'Cohesiveness' definitions:

Definition of 'cohesiveness'

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]

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]