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