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ad·he·sion

(ăd-hē′zhən)

a. The process or condition of sticking or staying attached: the adhesion of the glue to wood.

b. Physics The physical attraction or joining of two substances, especially the macroscopically observable attraction of dissimilar substances.

2. Medicine

a. A condition in which bodily tissues that are normally separate grow together.

b. A fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures.

3. Attachment or devotion, as to a religion or belief.

[French adhésion, from Latin adhaesiō, adhaesiōn-, from adhaesus, past participle of adhaerēre, to adhere; see adhere.]

adhesion

(ədˈhiːʒən)

1. the quality or condition of sticking together or holding fast

2. ability to make firm contact without skidding or slipping

3. attachment or fidelity, as to a political party, cause, etc

4. (General Physics) an attraction or repulsion between the molecules of unlike substances in contact: distinguished from cohesion

5. (Pathology) pathol abnormal union of structures or parts

[C17: from Latin adhaesiōn- a sticking. See adhere]

Usage: Adhesion is the preferred term when talking about sticking or holding fast in a physical sense. Adherence is preferred when talking about attachment to a political party, cause, etc

ad•he•sion

(ædˈhi ʒən)

n.

1. the act, state, or quality of adhering.

2. steady or devoted attachment, support, etc.; adherence.

3. assent; concurrence.

4. the attractive molecular force that tends to hold together unlike bodies where they are in contact.

a. the abnormal union of adjacent tissues.

b. the tissue involved.

[1615–25; < Latin adhaesiō act of adhering]

ad•he′sion•al, adj.

adhesion

1. A force of attraction between molecules.

2. Abnormal joining of tissues caused by inflammation, resulting in scarring.

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Noun	1.	adhesion - abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen pathology - any deviation from a healthy or normal condition symphysis - an abnormal adhesion of two or more structures synechia - adhesions between the iris and the lens or cornea resulting from trauma or eye surgery or as a complication of glaucoma or cataract; can lead to blindness
	2.	adhesion - a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures scar tissue - the connective tissue that forms a scar; consists of fibroblasts in new scars and collagen fibers in old scars
	3.	adhesion - 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" adhesiveness, adherence, bond stickiness - the property of sticking to a surface
	4.	adhesion - faithful support for a cause or political party or religion; "attachment to a formal agenda"; "adherence to a fat-free diet"; "the adhesion of Seville was decisive" adherence, attachment support - aiding the cause or policy or interests of; "the president no longer has the support of his own party"; "they developed a scheme of mutual support" ecclesiasticism - excessive adherence to ecclesiastical forms and activities; "their ecclesiasticism overwhelmed their religion" cabalism, kabbalism - adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or interpretation royalism - adherence or attachment to a monarchy or to the principle of monarchal government traditionalism - adherence to tradition (especially in cultural or religious matters)

adhesion

noun sticking, grip, attachment, cohesion, coherence, adherence, adhesiveness Better equipment will improve track adhesion.

Usage: Adhesion is preferred when talking about sticking or holding fast in a physical sense and a useful alternative that could be used here is sticking. The word adherence, although close in meaning, would be the preferred word when talking about principles, rules and values.

adhesion

noun

The close physical union of two objects:

adherence, bond, cohesion.

Translations

إلْتِصَاق

lpěníoddanost

fastklæbning

Adhäsion Haften Verwachsung

adhérence adhésion présentation

viîloîun; hollusta

adesivo cerotto colla adesiva glutine glutinoso

klijailipnusprilipimas

pielipšana

adhesie

адгезия

yapışma

粘着力

adhesion

[ədˈhiːʒ^ən] n (to idea, theory) → adhésion f

adhesion

(of particles etc) → Adhäsion f, → Haftfähigkeit f; (more firmly: of glue) → Klebefestigkeit f

= adherence

adhesion

[ədˈhiːʒ/ən] n (Tech) → aderenza (fig) (of supporters) → consenso

adhesion

(ədˈhiːʒən) noun

the act or quality of adhering (to).

adˈhesive (-siv) adjective

able to adhere; sticky. adhesive tape.

noun

a substance which makes things stick. The tiles would not stick as he was using the wrong adhesive.

ad·he·sion

n. adhesión, adherencia, brida.

adhesion

n adherencia, brida

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This rigid adhesion to truth, an indispensable requisite in history and travels, destroys the charm of fiction; for all that is necessary to be conveyed to the mind by the latter had better be done by delineations of principles, and of characters in their classes, than by a too fastidious attention to originals.

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Attempted drives from east to west- similar to the contrary movements of 1805, 1807, and 1809- precede the great westward movement; there is the same coalescence into a group of enormous dimensions; the same adhesion of the people of Central Europe to the movement; the same hesitation midway, and the same increasing rapidity as the goal is approached.

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"And therefore," said D'Artagnan, to clip the hope which Athos's tacit adhesion had imparted to Mazarin, "we shall not proceed to that violence save in the last extremity."

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Mistress Affery, heartily glad to effect the proposed compromise, gave in her willing adhesion to it.

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Minchin that his religious sympathies were of a general kind, and such as gave a distant medical sanction to all serious sentiment, whether of Church or Dissent, rather than any adhesion to particular tenets.

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As frequent inflammation of the eyes must be injurious to any animal, and as eyes are certainly not indispensable to animals with subterranean habits, a reduction in their size with the adhesion of the eyelids and growth of fur over them, might in such case be an advantage; and if so, natural selection would constantly aid the effects of disuse.

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"I think, scathed as you look, and charred and scorched, there must be a little sense of life in you yet, rising out of that adhesion at the faithful, honest roots: you will never have green leaves more-- never more see birds making nests and singing idyls in your boughs; the time of pleasure and love is over with you: but you are not desolate: each of you has a comrade to sympathise with him in his decay." As I looked up at them, the moon appeared momentarily in that part of the sky which filled their fissure; her disk was blood- red and half overcast; she seemed to throw on me one bewildered, dreary glance, and buried herself again instantly in the deep drift of cloud.

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Du Bousquier embittered the provincial nobility against the court nobility and the peerage; and finally he brought about the shocking adhesion of a strong party of constitutional royalists to the warfare sustained by the "Journal des Debats," and M.

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Preliminary study with SprayShieldTM Adhesion Barrier System in the prevention of abdominal adhesions.

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According to Bobst, it has developed a breakthrough in high-metal adhesion. The Bobst AluBond process provides high metal adhesion and surface energy levels through vacuum metalization.

Bobst launches AluBond for high-metal adhesion

Objective: The objective of this study was to compare the efficacy of intranasal splints in the prevention of nasal adhesion following septal surgery.

ROLE OF INTRANASAL SPLINTS IN PREVENTING POSTOPERATIVE NASAL MUCOSAL ADHESIONS

However, it has been often experienced that poor adhesion of metal with the base polyester film can result in laminate failure, thereby decreasing product performance.