Adhesiveness

2 definitions found

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

  Adhesiveness \Ad*he"sive*ness\, n.
     1. The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity
        of union.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Phren.) Propensity to form and maintain attachments to


        persons, and to promote social intercourse.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  adhesiveness
       n : the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or
           the joining of surfaces of different composition [syn: {adhesion},
            {adherence}, {bond}]