Complementation and Cohesion

noun

• The grammatical relation of a word or phrase to a predicate.
• Linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts. (.
  • synonyms: complementary distribution

noun

• The state of cohering or sticking together.
  • synonyms: coherence, coherency, cohesiveness
• Botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals. ()
• Physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid. (.

• (n.) The act or state of sticking together; close union.
• (n.) That from of attraction by which the particles of a body are united throughout the mass, whether like or unlike; -- distinguished from adhesion, which unites bodies by their adjacent surfaces.
• (n.) Logical agreement and dependence; as, the cohesion of ideas.