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cohesive, a.|kəʊˈhiːsɪv|
[f. L. cohæs- (see cohesible) + -ive.]
Having the property of cohering; characterized by cohesion.
1727–31[see cohesiveness]. 1755in Johnson. 1799J. Robertson Agric. Perth 205 Tracts of the finest cohesive soil. 1813Sir H. Davy Agric. Chem. i. (1814) 6 Dung which has fermented so as to become a mere soft cohesive mass. 1845S. Austin Ranke's Hist. Ref. III. 489 To show how little cohesive force the league possessed. 1850Daubeny Atom. Th. x. (ed. 2) 314 By cohesive attraction..we mean that force which binds together the particles of a body.
Hence coˈhesively adv., coˈhesiveness.
1818Todd, Cohesively, in a connected or dependent manner. [Hence in later Dicts.]1727–31Bailey vol. II. Cohesiveness, cohesive quality. 1755in Johnson. 1765Goldsm. Ess. (L.), The style loses its cohesiveness. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 210/1 A felted web, to which cohesiveness is given by compressing. |