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cohesion

English

Alternative forms

  • cohæsion (archaic)

Etymology

Attested from the late 17th century, borrowed from French cohésion, from Latin cohaesi?, cohaesi?nem.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ko??hi??n/
  • Rhymes: -i???n

Noun

cohesion (usually uncountable, plural cohesions)

  1. State of cohering, or of working together.
  2. (physics, chemistry) Various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together.
  3. (biology) Growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant.
  4. (software engineering) Degree to which functionally related elements in a system belong together.
    Coordinate term: coupling
  5. (linguistics) Grammatical or lexical relationship between different parts of the same text.

Antonyms

  • adhesion

Related terms

  • coherence

Translations

References

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “cohesion”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

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disunity

English

Etymology

dis- +? unity

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d?s?ju?n?ti/

Noun

disunity (countable and uncountable, plural disunities)

  1. The lack of unity or cohesion.
    • 1924, "Irish Crisis," Time, 29 Sep.,
      Others support either the North or the Free State; and so where there is disunity there is dissension.

Antonyms

  • unity

Related terms

  • disunite

Translations

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