cohesiveness n 1: the state of cohering or sticking together [syn: {coherence}, {coherency}, {cohesion}, {cohesiveness}] [ant: {incoherence}, {incoherency}] 2: the property of being cohesive and sticky [syn: {cohesiveness}, {glueyness}, {gluiness}, {gumminess}, {tackiness}, {ropiness}, {viscidity}, {viscidness}]
Cohesive \Co*he"sive\, a. 1. Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; as, cohesive attraction; producing cohesion; as, a cohesive force. [1913 Webster] 2. Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of cohering; tending to cohere; as, cohesive clay. [1913 Webster] {Cohesive attraction}. See under {Attraction}. -- {Co*he"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Co*he"sive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]