Dictionary

adhesion en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌædˈhiː.ʒən/ (UK)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin adhaesiōnemlbor. French adhésionder. English adhesion From French adhésion, from Latin stem of adhaesio, from past participle of adhaerare.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
2. (uncountable, usually) Persistent attachment or loyalty.
   • Who doubts that the fineing, whipping, torturing, hanging, embowelling of men, women, and children, guilty of no other crime than adhesion to the Catholic faith, had assisted the Pope and Philip, and their band of English, Scotch, and Irish conspirators, to shake Elizabeth's throne and endanger her life? 1867, John Lothrop Motley, Project Gutenberg History of The Netherlands, 1555-1623, Complete:
   • [N]o waver in Judgment, have I, though Gods mercy, ever been; but a conſtant aſſertor of, and ſufferer for my ſatisfiedneſs in, and adheſion to, the piety and probity of my breeding and belief, vvhich vvas ever, yet is, and I hope, through Gods grace, to death ſhall be, in point of Religion according to the Doctrine and Diſcipline of the Church of England. 1666 October 30 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Edward Waterhous[e], “To His Noble Friend and Kinsman, Sr. Edwarde Turno[u]r, Knight; Speaker of the Honorable House of Commons in this Present Parliament”, in A Short Narrative of the Late Dreadful Fire in London: […], London: […] W. G. for Rich[ard] Thrale […], and James Thrale […], published 1667, →OCLC, pages 188–189:
3. (uncountable, usually) An agreement to adhere.
   • Mistress Affery, heartily glad to effect the proposed compromise, gave in her willing adhesion to it. 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC:
4. (uncountable, usually) An abnormal union of surface by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.
5. (uncountable, usually) The binding of a cell to a surface or substrate.
6. (uncountable, usually) The frictional grip on a surface, of wheels, shoes etc.
   • Several types of diesel locomotive have been tested on this working and as a result the probable choice will be Type 2 diesels in pairs, without bankers. The crucial factor in the selection of this method is the higher degree of adhesion obtained than with a single Type 4; on trial one of the latter showed that in very adverse conditions it might slip to a standstill at one of the two tricky spots on the steep climb from Tyne Dock to Consett. 1964 September, “News: Fewer diesels for NER in 1965”, in Modern Railways, page 201:

Forms

Antonyms

cohesion

Deriveds

cell adhesion molecule · sialoadhesion · adhesome · adhesion contract · focal adhesion · coadhesion · nonadhesion · interthalamic adhesion · adhesionolysis · vitreomacular adhesion · antiadhesion · cell-adhesion molecule · adhesiotomy · thermoadhesion · adhesiolysis · readhesion · microadhesion · cytoadhesion · deadhesion · inadhesion · hyperadhesion · disadhesion · adhesionless · immunoadhesion · adhesional · bioadhesion · mucoadhesion

Relateds

adhesive

Translations (59)

fa دوسش (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance) · de Haftung (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance) · fi adheesio (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance) · hu adhézió (biochemistry: binding of a cell) · id adhesi (medicine: abnormal union of surface by formation of new tissue) · de Adhäsion (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance) · fr adhésion (biochemistry: binding of a cell) · es adhesión (biochemistry: binding of a cell) · pt adesão (agreement to adhere) · ga greamú (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance) · pt adesividade (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance) · nl adhesie (persistent attachment or loyalty) · fr adhésion (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance) · ru приве́рженность (agreement to adhere) · hu adhézió (medicine: abnormal union of surface by formation of new tissue) · fi kiinnike (medicine: abnormal union of surface by formation of new tissue) · ru сцепле́ние (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance) · ru скле́ивание (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance) · it adesione (biochemistry: binding of a cell) · fi pito (frictional grip) · pl adhezja (biochemistry: binding of a cell) · ru ве́рность (persistent attachment or loyalty) · ja 接着力 (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance) · hu összenövés (medicine: abnormal union of surface by formation of new tissue) · tr yapışıklık (medicine: abnormal union of surface by formation of new tissue) · es adhesión (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance) · ru спа́йка (medicine: abnormal union of surface by formation of new tissue) · tr adezyon (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance) · ko 부착력 (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance) · ru прилипа́ние (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance) · fi kiinnittyminen (biochemistry: binding of a cell) · nl adhesie (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance) · fi tartunta (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance) · de Verwachsung (medicine: abnormal union of surface by formation of new tissue) · hi आसंजन (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance) · hu adhézió (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance) · ru адге́зия (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance) · cmn 附著力 /附着力 (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance) · ja 附着力 (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance) · ru слипа́ние (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance) · cs adheze (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance) · pl adhezja (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance) · fa چسبندگی (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance) · ca adhesió (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance) · pt adesão (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance) · ar اِلْتِصَاق (medicine: abnormal union of surface by formation of new tissue) · pt adesão (biochemistry: binding of a cell) · ru пре́данность (agreement to adhere) · fi solunkiinnitys (biochemistry: binding of a cell) · it adesione (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance) · ru рубе́ц (medicine: abnormal union of surface by formation of new tissue) · fr adhésion (agreement to adhere) · ru пре́данность (persistent attachment or loyalty) · nl adhesie (medicine: abnormal union of surface by formation of new tissue) · bg сра́стване (medicine: abnormal union of surface by formation of new tissue) · fi sitoutuminen (persistent attachment or loyalty) · fi sitoutuminen (agreement to adhere) · hu tapadás (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance) · bg сцепле́ние (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance)