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Instruct my daughter how she shall persever,

That time and place, with this deceit so lawful,

May prove coherent.

Shak.

Co*her"ent*ly, adv. In a
coherent manner.

Co*he`si*bil"i*ty (? or ?), n.
The state of being cohesible. Good.

Co*he"si*ble (?), a. Capable
of cohesion.

Co*he"sion (?), n. [Cf. F.
cohésion. See Cohere.] 1.
The act or state of sticking together; close
union.

2. (Physics) That from of
attraction by which the particles of a body are united throughout
the mass, whether like or unlike; -- distinguished from
adhesion, which unites bodies by their adjacent
surfaces.

Solids and fluids differ in the degree of
cohesion, which, being increased, turns a fluid into a
solid.

Arbuthnot.

3. Logical agreement and dependence; as,
the cohesion of ideas. Locke.

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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