Part 2086

<hw><hw>Co*her"ence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Co*her"en*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cohaerentia</ets>: cf. F. <ets>coh\'82rence</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A sticking or cleaving together; union of parts of the same body; cohesion.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Connection or dependence, proceeding from the subordination of the parts of a thing to one principle or purpose, as in the parts of a discourse, or of a system of philosophy; consecutiveness.</def>

<blockquote><b>Coherence</b> of discourse, and a direct tendency of all the parts of it to the argument in hand, are most eminently to be found in him. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Coherent</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Co*her"ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cohaerens</ets>, p. pr. See <er>Cohere</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Sticking together; cleaving; as the parts of bodies; solid or fluid.</def>

<i>Arbuthnot.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Composed of mutually dependent parts; making a logical whole; consistent; <as>as, a <ex>coherent</ex> plan, argument, or discourse</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Logically consistent; -- applied to persons; <as>as, a <ex>coherent</ex> thinker</as>.</def>

<i>Watts.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Suitable or suited; adapted; accordant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Instruct my daughter how she shall persever, That time and place, with this deceit so lawful, May prove <b>coherent</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Coherently</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Co*her"ent*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a coherent manner.</def>

<h1>Cohesibility</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Co*he`si*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being cohesible.</def>

<i>Good.</i>

<h1>Cohesible</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Co*he"si*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of cohesion.</def>

<h1>Cohesion</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Co*he"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>coh\'82sion</ets>. See <er>Cohere</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or state of sticking together; close union.</def>

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

<blockquote>Solids and fluids differ in the degree of <b>cohesion</b>, which, being increased, turns a fluid into a solid. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Logical agreement and dependence; <as>as, the <ex>cohesion</ex> of ideas</as>.</def>

<i>Locke.</i>

<h1>Cohesive</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Co*he"sive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; <as>as, <ex>cohesive</ex> attraction</as>; producing cohesion; <as>as, a <ex>cohesive</ex> force</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of cohering; tending to cohere; <as>as, <ex>cohesive</ex> clay</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Cohesive attraction</col>. <cd>See under <er>Attraction</er>.</cd></cs>