Adhesion

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Adhesion Meaning and Definition from WordNet (r) 2.0

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

Adhesion Meaning and Definition from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.
Adherence; steady or firm attachment; fidelity; as, adhesion to error, to a policy. His adhesion to the Tories was bounded by his approbation of their foreign policy. --De Quincey.
Agreement to adhere; concurrence; assent. To that treaty Spain and England gave in their adhesion. --Macaulay.
(Physics) The molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. See Cohesion.
(Med.) Union of surface, normally separate, by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.
(Bot.) The union of parts which are separate in other plants, or in younger states of the same plant. Syn: Adherence; union. See Adherence.

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Adhesion: Adhesion is any attraction process between dissimilar molecular species that can potentially bring them in "direct contact". ...
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Dispersive adhesion: Dispersive adhesion, also called adsorptive adhesion, is a mechanism for adhesion which attributes attractive forces between two materials ...

Adhesiveness	Adherence	Bond	Attachment	Pathology
Stickiness	Support

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