"cohesion" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kəʊˈhiː.ʒən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /koʊˈhiː.ʒən/ [General-American], /kəʉˈhiː.ʒən/ [General-Australian], [kəʉˈhɪi.ʒən] [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cohesion.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cohesions [plural]
Rhymes: -iːʒən Etymology: Attested from the late 17th century, borrowed from French cohésion, from Latin cohaesiō, cohaesiōnem. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|cohésion}} French cohésion, {{der|en|la|cohaesiō}} Latin cohaesiō, {{m|la|cohaesiōnem}} cohaesiōnem Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} cohesion (usually uncountable, plural cohesions)
  1. State of cohering, or of working together. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (the state of cohering, or of sticking together): сцепление (sceplenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), cohesió [feminine] (Catalan), 銜接 (Chinese Mandarin), 衔接 (xiánjiē) (Chinese Mandarin), 凝聚力 (níngjùlì) (Chinese Mandarin), sammenhold (english: interpersonal) (Danish), sammenhæng (english: materials) (Danish), samhørighed [common-gender] (Danish), cohesie [feminine] (Dutch), samenhang [masculine] (Dutch), koheesio (Finnish), yhtenäisyys (Finnish), yhteistoiminta (Finnish), cohésion [feminine] (French), Zusammenhalt [masculine] (German), συνοχή (synochí) [feminine] (Greek), kohézió (Hungarian), összetartás (Hungarian), kohesi (Indonesian), 結合 (ketsugō) (alt: けつごう) (Japanese), cohaesiō [feminine] (Latin), kejeleketan (Malay), kohesi (Malay), انسجام (ensejâm) (Persian), koherencja [feminine] (Polish), kohezja [feminine] (Polish), spójność [feminine] (Polish), coesão [feminine] (Portuguese), еди́нство (jedínstvo) [neuter] (Russian), сплочённость (spločónnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), сцепле́ние (sceplénije) [neuter] (Russian), связь (svjazʹ) [feminine] (Russian), cohesión [feminine] (Spanish), mshikamano (Swahili), sammanhållning (Swedish), bağlılık (Turkish), згурто́ваність (zhurtóvanistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-cohesion-en-noun-~t5GSUcG Disambiguation of 'the state of cohering, or of sticking together': 59 19 6 8 8
  2. (physics, chemistry) Various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Chemistry, Physics Translations (the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together): кохезия (kohezija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), cohesió [feminine] (Catalan), 凝聚力 (níngjùlì) (Chinese Mandarin), sammenhængskraft (Danish), koheesio (Finnish), cohésion [feminine] (French), kohézió (Hungarian), 凝集力 (gyōshūryoku) (alt: ぎょうしゅうりょく) (Japanese), 응집력 (eungjimnyeok) (Korean), kohezja [feminine] (Polish), coesão [feminine] (Portuguese), коге́зия (kogézija) [feminine] (Russian), сцепле́ние (sceplénije) [neuter] (Russian), cohesión [feminine] (Spanish), mshikamano (Swahili), kohezyon (Turkish), içyapışkanlık (Turkish), коге́зія (kohézija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), зче́плення (zčéplennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-cohesion-en-noun-2S8x-qCm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 36 6 15 17 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together': 8 80 3 5 5
  3. (biology) Growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Biology Translations (the growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant): yhteen kasvaminen (Finnish), сраста́ние (srastánije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-cohesion-en-noun-fKGraIZ1 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'the growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant': 3 3 86 3 6
  4. (software engineering) Degree to which functionally related elements in a system belong together. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Software engineering Translations (the degree to which functionally related elements belong together): cohesió [feminine] (Catalan), koheesio (Finnish), kohézió (Hungarian), 凝集度 (gyōshūdo) (alt: ぎょうしゅうど) (Japanese), spójność [feminine] (Polish), coesão [feminine] (Portuguese), свя́зность (svjáznostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-cohesion-en-noun-pWwQzfco Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software Disambiguation of 'the degree to which functionally related elements belong together': 12 14 6 60 9
  5. (linguistics) Grammatical or lexical relationship between different parts of the same text. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-cohesion-en-noun-PFMk2ee6 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cohæsion [archaic] Derived forms: sister chromatid cohesion, social cohesion Related terms: coherence

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          "_dis1": "59 19 6 8 8",
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          "sense": "the state of cohering, or of sticking together",
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          "_dis1": "59 19 6 8 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the state of cohering, or of sticking together",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 19 6 8 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the state of cohering, or of sticking together",
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        },
        {
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          "sense": "the state of cohering, or of sticking together",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 19 6 8 8",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "synochí",
          "sense": "the state of cohering, or of sticking together",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "sense": "the state of cohering, or of sticking together",
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        },
        {
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the state of cohering, or of sticking together",
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        },
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          "roman": "ensejâm",
          "sense": "the state of cohering, or of sticking together",
          "word": "انسجام"
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          "sense": "the state of cohering, or of sticking together",
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        {
          "_dis1": "59 19 6 8 8",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "the state of cohering, or of sticking together",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "the state of cohering, or of sticking together",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "spójność"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 19 6 8 8",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "the state of cohering, or of sticking together",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "coesão"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 19 6 8 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "jedínstvo",
          "sense": "the state of cohering, or of sticking together",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "еди́нство"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 19 6 8 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "spločónnostʹ",
          "sense": "the state of cohering, or of sticking together",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "сплочённость"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 19 6 8 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sceplénije",
          "sense": "the state of cohering, or of sticking together",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "svjazʹ",
          "sense": "the state of cohering, or of sticking together",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "связь"
        },
        {
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "the state of cohering, or of sticking together",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cohesión"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 19 6 8 8",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "the state of cohering, or of sticking together",
          "word": "mshikamano"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 19 6 8 8",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "the state of cohering, or of sticking together",
          "word": "sammanhållning"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 19 6 8 8",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "the state of cohering, or of sticking together",
          "word": "bağlılık"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "59 19 6 8 8",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zhurtóvanistʹ",
          "sense": "the state of cohering, or of sticking together",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "згурто́ваність"
        }
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          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        [
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        "(physics, chemistry) Various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together."
      ],
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        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
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        "physics"
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 80 3 5 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "kohezija",
          "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кохезия"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 80 3 5 5",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cohesió"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 80 3 5 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "níngjùlì",
          "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
          "word": "凝聚力"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 80 3 5 5",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
          "word": "sammenhængskraft"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 80 3 5 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
          "word": "koheesio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 80 3 5 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cohésion"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 80 3 5 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
          "word": "kohézió"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 80 3 5 5",
          "alt": "ぎょうしゅうりょく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "gyōshūryoku",
          "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
          "word": "凝集力"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 80 3 5 5",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "eungjimnyeok",
          "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
          "word": "응집력"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 80 3 5 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kohezja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 80 3 5 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "coesão"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 80 3 5 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kogézija",
          "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "коге́зия"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 80 3 5 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sceplénije",
          "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "сцепле́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 80 3 5 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cohesión"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 80 3 5 5",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
          "word": "mshikamano"
        },
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          "_dis1": "8 80 3 5 5",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
          "word": "kohezyon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 80 3 5 5",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
          "word": "içyapışkanlık"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 80 3 5 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kohézija",
          "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "коге́зія"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 80 3 5 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zčéplennja",
          "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "зче́плення"
        }
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          "name": "Biology",
          "orig": "en:Biology",
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cohesió"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "níngjùlì",
      "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
      "word": "凝聚力"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
      "word": "sammenhængskraft"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
      "word": "koheesio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cohésion"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
      "word": "kohézió"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぎょうしゅうりょく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gyōshūryoku",
      "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
      "word": "凝集力"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eungjimnyeok",
      "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
      "word": "응집력"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kohezja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coesão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kogézija",
      "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "коге́зия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sceplénije",
      "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сцепле́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cohesión"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
      "word": "mshikamano"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
      "word": "kohezyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
      "word": "içyapışkanlık"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kohézija",
      "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "коге́зія"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zčéplennja",
      "sense": "the various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "зче́плення"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant",
      "word": "yhteen kasvaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "srastánije",
      "sense": "the growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сраста́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the degree to which functionally related elements belong together",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cohesió"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the degree to which functionally related elements belong together",
      "word": "koheesio"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the degree to which functionally related elements belong together",
      "word": "kohézió"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぎょうしゅうど",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gyōshūdo",
      "sense": "the degree to which functionally related elements belong together",
      "word": "凝集度"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the degree to which functionally related elements belong together",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spójność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the degree to which functionally related elements belong together",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coesão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svjáznostʹ",
      "sense": "the degree to which functionally related elements belong together",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "свя́зность"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cohesion"
}

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