Adhesion

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Adhesion \Ad*he"sion\, n. [L. adhaesio, fr. adhaerere: cf. F.
     adh['e]sion.]
     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 like.
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     2. Adherence; steady or firm attachment; fidelity; as,
        adhesion to error, adhesion to a policy.
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              His adhesion to the Tories was bounded by his
              approbation of their foreign policy.  --De Quincey.
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     3. Agreement to adhere; concurrence; assent.
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              To that treaty Spain and England gave in their
              adhesion.                             --Macaulay.
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     4. (Physics) The molecular attraction exerted between bodies
        in contact. See {Cohesion}.
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     5. (Med.) The process of uniting surfaces by the formation of
        new fibrous bands resulting from an inflammatory process.
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     6. (Med.) One of the fibrous bands resulting from
        adhesion[5].
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     7. (Bot.) The union of parts which are separate in other
        plants, or in younger states of the same plant.
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     Syn: Adherence; union. See {Adherence}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  adhesion
       n 1: abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen
       2: a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally
          separate anatomical structures
       3: the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or
          the joining of surfaces of different composition [syn: {adhesiveness},
           {adherence}, {bond}]
       4: faithful support for a religion or cause or political party
          [syn: {attachment}, {adherence}]