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Webster 1913 Edition
Adhesion
Ad-he′sion
,Noun.
[L.
adhaesio
, fr. adhaerere
: cf. F. adhésion
.] 1.
The action of sticking; the state of being attached; intimate union;
as, the
. adhesion
of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, or the like2.
Adherence; steady or firm attachment; fidelity;
as,
. adhesion
to error, adhesion
to a policyHis
adhesion
to the Tories was bounded by his approbation of their foreign policy. De Quincey.
3.
Agreement to adhere; concurrence; assent.
To that treaty Spain and England gave in their
adhesion
. Macaulay.
7.
(Bot.)
The union of parts which are separate in other plants, or in younger states of the same plant.
Syn. – Adherence; union. See
Adherence
. Webster 1828 Edition
Adhesion
ADHE'SION
,Noun.
1.
The act or state of sticking, or being united and attached to; as the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, and the like. Adhesion is generally used in a literal; adherence, in a metaphorical sense.2.
Sometimes figuratively, adherence, union or steady attachment; firmness in opinion; as, an adhesion to vice: but in this sense nearly obsolete. The union of bodies by attraction is usually denominated cohesion.Definition 2024
adhesion
adhesion
English
Alternative forms
- adhæsion (obsolete)
Noun
adhesion (usually uncountable, plural adhesions)
- The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
- Persistent attachment or loyalty.
- An agreement to adhere.
- (medicine) An abnormal union of surface by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.
- (Biochemistry) The binding of a cell to a surface or substrate.
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Translations
ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance
agreement to adhere
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abnormal union of surface