Adhesion

Definition:

  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) Adherence; steady or firm attachment; fidelity; as, adhesion to error, to a policy.
  • (n.) Agreement to adhere; concurrence; assent.
  • (n.) The molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. See Cohesion.
  • (n.) Union of surface, normally separate, by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.
  • (n.) The union of parts which are separate in other plants, or in younger states of the same plant.

Compare adhesion with other words:

adhesion vs. sticky

adhesion vs. inadhesion

adhesion vs. stick

adhesion vs. adhesiveness

adhesion vs. compliance

adhesion vs. adhesively

adhesion vs. conglutination

adhesion vs. cohere

adhere vs. adhesion

adhesion vs. primer

adhesion vs. adhesive

adhesion vs. stickiness

adherence vs. adhesion

adhesion vs. cohesion