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| ad·he·sion [ əd h'n, ad h'n ] |
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1. sticking power: the ability to stick firmly to something
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2. absence of slipperiness: the ability to make firm contact with a surface without slipping
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3. support: loyal support for a cause or for a leader
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4. medicine joining of body parts: the joining of normally unconnected body parts by bands of fibrous tissue
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5. physics intermolecular attraction: intermolecular attraction between substances that are unlike and in surface contact, causing them to cling together
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| [15th century. Directly or via French< Latin adhaesion-< adhaes-, past participle of adhaerere (see adhere)] |
