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adhesiveness

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ad·he·sive  (d-hsv, -zv)
adj.
1. Tending to adhere; sticky.
2. Gummed so as to adhere.
3. Tending to persist; difficult if not impossible to shake off: "He feels an adhesive dread, a sudden acquaintance with the . . . darker side of mankind" (George F. Will).
n.
A substance, such as paste or cement, that provides or promotes adhesion.
ad·hesive·ly adv.
ad·hesive·ness n.
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Noun1.adhesiveness - the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different compositionadhesiveness - the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition; "the mutual adhesiveness of cells"; "a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion"
adherence, adhesion, bond
stickiness - the property of sticking to a surface
Translations
adhesiveness [ədˈhiːzɪvnɪs] n → adesività
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Besides, from the ashes of the burned scraps of the whale, a potent ley is readily made; and whenever any adhesiveness from the back of the whale remains clinging to the side, that ley quickly exterminates it.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
 
 
 
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