Adhesion
Definition of Adhesion
Ad`he´sion
n.
1.
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
.
2.
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.
3.
Agreement
to
adhere
;
concurrence
;
assent
.
To
that
treaty
Spain
and
England
gave
in
their
adhesion
.
- Macaulay.
4.
(Physics)
The
molecular
attraction
exerted
between
bodies
in
contact
.
See
Cohesion
.
5.
(Med.)
Union
of
surface
,
normally
separate
,
by
the
formation
of
new
tissue
resulting
from
an
inflammatory
process
.
6.
(Bot.)
The
union
of
parts
which
are
separate
in
other
plants
,
or
in
younger
states
of
the
same
plant
.
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,
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,
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