COHESIBLE
Co*he"si*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of cohesion.
COHESION
Co*he"sion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. cohésion. See Cohere.]
1. The act or state of sticking together; close union.
2. (Physics)
Defn: That from of attraction by which the particles of a body are united throughout the mass, whether like or unlike; — distinguished from adhesion, which unites bodies by their adjacent surfaces. Solids and fluids differ in the degree of cohesion, which, being increased, turns a fluid into a solid. Arbuthnot.
3. Logical agreement and dependence; as, the cohesion of ideas. Locke.
COHESIVE
Co*he"sive, a.
1. Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; as, cohesive attraction; producing cohesion; as, a cohesive force.
2. Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of cohering; tending to cohere; as, cohesive clay. Cohesive attraction. See under Attraction. — Co*he"sive*ly, adv. — Co*he"sive*ness, n.