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  1. In physics, a phenomenon in which interaction
  2. between two surfaces of the same material in
  3. contact makes them cling together (with two
  4. different materials the similar phenomenon is
  5. called adhesion). According to kinetic
  6. theory, cohesion is caused by attraction
  7. between particles at the atomic or molecular
  8. level. Surface tension, which causes liquids
  9. to form spherical droplets, is caused by
  10. cohesion.
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