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from cohesive and adhesive forces- ( on the contrary Mercury does not wet glass because the force of cohesion between the Mercury molecules is much greater than the force of adhesion between Mercury and glass. )
Why there is use of word cohesion, please answer ?​

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Cohesion, in physics, the intermolecular attractive force acting between two adjacent portions of a substance, particularly of a solid or liquid. It is this force that holds a piece of matter together. Intermolecular forces act also between two dissimilar substances in contact, a phenomenon called adhesion