cohesion

cohesion is a Noun

Definition:

[1] The act or state of sticking together; close union.

[2] 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.