cohesion
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the state of cohering or sticking together
Types & categories
- connectedness hypernym
- consistency hyponym
- continuity hyponym
Related & opposite
- incoherence antonym
- cling derivation
- tenacious derivation
- cohesive derivation
- cohesive derivation
Sense 2 noun
(botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals)
Types & categories
- growth hypernym
Related & opposite
- phytology domain topic
Sense 3 noun
(physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid
Types & categories
- force hypernym
Related & opposite
- physics domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | incoherence |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cling |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tenacious |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cohesive |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cohesive |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | connectedness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | consistency |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | continuity |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | phytology |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | growth |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | physics |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | force |