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Cohesion vs Disintegrative - What's the difference?

cohesion | disintegrative |

As a noun cohesion

is cohesion (the state of cohering, or of sticking together).

As an adjective disintegrative is

losing cohesion or unity.

cohesion

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • State of cohering, or of working together.
    • Unit cohesion is important in the military.
  • (physics, chemistry) Various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together.
  • (biology) Growing together of normally distinct parts of a plant.
  • (computing) Degree to which different modules in a computing system are functionally dependent on others.
  • (linguistics) Grammatical or lexical relationship between different parts of the same text.

    • Antonyms

    * adhesion * (computing) coupling

    Related terms

    * coherence

    References

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    disintegrative

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Losing cohesion or unity.
  • (psychology) Having disorganized psychological and behavioral processes.