- adhesion, adherence, sticking
- اِلْتِصاق \ adhesion, adherence, sticking. \ See Also تلاصق (تَلاصُق)
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adhesion, adherence, sticking
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Adhesion — Ad*he sion, n. [L. adhaesio, fr. adhaerere: cf. F. adh[ e]sion.] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Adherence;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adherence — I (adhesion) noun attachment, bond, cementation, coherence, cohesion, cohesiveness, concretion, conglutination, connectedness, firmness, fixedness, holding together, sticking together, tenaciousness, tenacity, tie II (devotion) noun allegiance,… … Law dictionary
adherence — adherence, adhesion Both words were adopted from French in the 17c, and come from the Latin verb which also gives us our verb adhere. Adherence is now mostly used in figurative senses relating to beliefs, loyalties, laws and regulations, etc.,… … Modern English usage
adhesion — I (affixing) noun adherence, adhesiveness, agglomeration, agglutination, aggregation, attachment, cementation, clinging, close contact, coadunation, coagulation, coherence, cohesion, cohesiveness, concretion, condensation, congelation,… … Law dictionary
adhesion — adherence, adhesion Both words were adopted from French in the 17c, and come from the Latin verb which also gives us our verb adhere. Adherence is now mostly used in figurative senses relating to beliefs, loyalties, laws and regulations, etc.,… … Modern English usage
adhesion — (n.) 1620s, from Fr. adhésion or directly from L. adhaesionem (nom. adhaesio) a sticking to, noun of action from pp. stem of adhaerare (see ADHERENT (Cf. adherent)). Adhesion is generally used in the material, and adherence in the metaphysical… … Etymology dictionary
sticking together — index adherence (adhesion), coherence, coherent (joined) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
adhesion — [n] holding fast adherence, adhesiveness, attachment, bond, cling, grip, stickiness, sticking; concepts 85,160 … New thesaurus
adhesion — [ad hē′zhən, ədhē′zhən] n. [Fr < L adhaesio < pp. of adhaerere: see ADHERE] 1. the act of sticking (to something) or the state of being stuck together 2. devoted attachment; adherence 3. a thing that adheres 4. Med. a) the joining together … English World dictionary
adherence — noun 1. faithful support for a cause or political party or religion (Freq. 2) attachment to a formal agenda adherence to a fat free diet the adhesion of Seville was decisive • Syn: ↑attachment, ↑adhesion • … Useful english dictionary
adherence — 1. The act or quality of sticking to something. SEE ALSO: adhesion. 2. The extent to which a patient continues an agreed upon mode of treatment without close supervision. Cf.:compliance (2), maintenance. [L. adhaereo, to stick to] immune a. the… … Medical dictionary
