cohesion

nouns

the state of cohering or sticking together
is derived from
(botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals)
domain category
the branch of biology that studies plants
is a type of (narrower)
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
"he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
(physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid
domain category
the science of matter and energy and their interactions
"his favorite subject was physics"
is a type of (narrower)
(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
"force equals mass times acceleration"