cohesiveness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cohesive \Co*he"sive\, a.
   1. Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; as,
      cohesive attraction; producing cohesion; as, a cohesive
      force.
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   2. Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of
      cohering; tending to cohere; as, cohesive clay.
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   {Cohesive attraction}. See under {Attraction}. --
      {Co*he"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Co*he"sive*ness}, n.
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