a.

1. Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; as, cohesive attraction; producing cohesion; as, a cohesive force.

2. Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of cohering; tending to cohere; as, cohesive clay.

Cohesive attraction. See under Attraction.

-- Co·he·sive·ly, adv. -- Co·he·sive·ness, n.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: causing cohesion

Meaning #2: cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - sammenhængende, kohæsiv

Français (French)
adj. - cohésif, susceptible de cohésion

Deutsch (German)
adj. - kohäsiv, geschlossen, stimmig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - συνεκτικός

Italiano (Italian)
coesivo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - coesivo

Русский (Russian)
связующий, сцепленный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - cohesivo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - kohesions-, sammanhängande

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
粘着的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 粘著的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 결합하는, 응집성의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 結合力のある, 凝集力のある

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מלכד, מתלכד‬

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