Co‐he″sive (?), 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.