<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act or state of cohering, uniting, or sticking together.</li><li>Physics. the molecular force between particles within a body or substance that acts to unite them.</li><li>Compare adhesion.</li><li>Botany. the congenital union of one part with another.</li><li>Linguistics. the property of unity in a written text or a segment of spoken discourse that stems from links among its surface elements.</li></ul>