Dictionary

stickiness en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English sticky Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English stickiness From sticky + -ness.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The property of sticking or adhering; adhesion.
   • […] The flesh [of the mistletoe berry] is sticky, and forms strings and ribbons between my thumb and forefinger. For the mistletoe, this viscous goop – and by the way, viscous comes to English from viscum – is crucial. The stickiness means that, after eating the berries, birds often regurgitate the seeds and then wipe their bills on twigs – leading to the seeds' getting glued to the tree, where they can germinate and begin the cycle anew. 2014 December 23, Olivia Judson, “The hemiparasite season [print version: Under the hemiparasite, International New York Times, 24–25 December 2014, page 7]”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 23 Dec 2014:
2. (uncountable, usually) Warmth and humidity, as on a muggy day.
3. (uncountable, usually) Of prices or wages: the tendency to stay the same despite changes in the economy.
4. (qualifier:interface design, uncountable, usually) The presence of unique attributes that make a product indisposable and valuable to its owner.
   • The stickiness of a cellphone might be measured by its ability to tell correct time, locate its user, and allow its user to remain connected regardless of location.
5. (uncountable, usually) A research measure that captures the extent to which viewers wish to spend more time looking at or reading a print advertisement.
   • The low stickiness rating helped explain why our ad’s brand linkage rating was so low: people were turned off by the blurriness of the main photo.
6. (uncountable, usually) An overemotional attachment to others; clinging in interpersonal relations; difficulty with ending conversations.

Forms

Relateds

brand linkage · copy testing · attention · advertising

Translations (15)

es viscosidad (property of sticking or adhering) · pl czepliwość (property of sticking or adhering) · it aderenza (property of sticking or adhering) · pl lepkość (property of sticking or adhering) · pl kleistość (property of sticking or adhering) · fi tahmeus (property of sticking or adhering) · ga greamaitheacht (property of sticking or adhering) · fr adhérence (property of sticking or adhering) · it vischiosità (property of sticking or adhering) · ja 粘粘 (property of sticking or adhering) · es adherencia (property of sticking or adhering) · io adheremeso (property of sticking or adhering) · pl przylepność (property of sticking or adhering) · it collosità (property of sticking or adhering) · eo glueco (property of sticking or adhering)