cohesion

About 4.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun State of cohering, or of working together.

   Unit cohesion is important in the military.

2. noun Various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together.
3. noun Growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant.
4. noun Degree to which functionally related elements in a system belong together.
5. noun Grammatical or lexical relationship between different parts of the same text.

Similar words

cohesiveness coherency coherence coherent cohesive togetherness interdependence conjunction consistency unity

Often followed by

and of in is to between among or within

Word family

cohesionless cohesions