cohesure

C3O1H4E1S1U1R1E1
UK/kəʊˈhiːzjʊə/UK/kəʊˈhiːʒə/

noun

cohesion

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nouncohesure (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountablecohesion

    2002, April 7th: RoseKira, alt.tv.xena (Google group): The Gods -- A Question of Powers, 4:08am Or, as Ares said, the only thing the gods had to fear was dissent amongst their ranks… they needed cohesure, or it fell apart.

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    He was of opinion that the action of the sand was not of a chemical nature, but that the attraction of cohesure, or adhesion, exerted on the surface of the sand in contact with the impurities, constituted a physical force sufficient to overcome the weak chemical affinity in virtue of which salts were held in solution, and to cause the exposure to the action of the air, and consequent neutralization of much of the organic impurities.

    1868, Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, volume 27, page 31

Origin

From cohaesūr-, the future active participial stem of cohaereō (“to cleave together, to cohere”).

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APA

cohesure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cohesure

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“cohesure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cohesure. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cohesure,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cohesure.

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