"adhesion" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌædˈhiː.ʒən/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-adhesion.wav [Southern-England] Forms: adhesions [plural]
Rhymes: -iːʒən Etymology: From French adhésion, from Latin stem of adhaesio, from past participle of adhaerare. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|adhésion}} French adhésion, {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{m|la|adhaesio}} adhaesio, {{m|la|adhaero|adhaerare}} adhaerare Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} adhesion (usually uncountable, plural adhesions)
  1. The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance): сцепле́ние (sceplénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), adhesió [feminine] (Catalan), 附著力 (Chinese Mandarin), 附着力 (fùzhuólì) (Chinese Mandarin), adheze [feminine] (Czech), adheesio (Finnish), tartunta (Finnish), adhésion [feminine] (French), Adhäsion [feminine] (German), Haftung [feminine] (German), greamú [masculine] (Irish), adesione [feminine] (Italian), 接着力 (setchakuryoku) (alt: せっちゃくりょく) (Japanese), 附着力 (fuchakuryoku) (alt: ふちゃくりょく) (Japanese), 부착력 (buchangnyeok) (alt: 附着力) (Korean), adhezja [feminine] (Polish), adesão [feminine] (Portuguese), adesividade [feminine] (Portuguese), адге́зия (adgézija) [feminine] (Russian), сцепле́ние (sceplénije) [neuter] (Russian), скле́ивание (skléivanije) [neuter] (Russian), прилипа́ние (prilipánije) [neuter] (Russian), слипа́ние (slipánije) [neuter] (Russian), adhesión [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-adhesion-en-noun-en:stickiness Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 10 4 13 33 29 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 31 5 2 16 29 17 Disambiguation of 'ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance': 95 1 2 1 1 1
  2. Persistent attachment or loyalty. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (persistent attachment or loyalty): sitoutuminen (Finnish), пре́данность (prédannostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ве́рность (vérnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-adhesion-en-noun-RBlH58fK Disambiguation of 'persistent attachment or loyalty': 2 94 0 1 2 0
  3. An agreement to adhere. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (agreement to adhere): sitoutuminen (Finnish), adhésion [feminine] (French), adesão (Portuguese), пре́данность (prédannostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), приве́рженность (privéržennostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-adhesion-en-noun-Fahnp9Rj Disambiguation of 'agreement to adhere': 4 0 94 1 1 1
  4. (medicine) An abnormal union of surface by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (medicine: abnormal union of surface by formation of new tissue): сра́стване (srástvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), adhesie [feminine] (Dutch), kiinnike (Finnish), Verwachsung [feminine] (German), adhesi (Indonesian), спа́йка (spájka) [feminine] (Russian), рубе́ц (rubéc) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-adhesion-en-noun-E0wbm5Wp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 10 4 13 33 29 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 31 5 2 16 29 17 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'medicine: abnormal union of surface by formation of new tissue': 4 3 1 82 7 4
  5. (biochemistry) The binding of a cell to a surface or substrate. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Biochemistry Translations (biochemistry: binding of a cell): solunkiinnitys (Finnish), kiinnittyminen (Finnish), adhésion (French), adesione (Italian), adhezja [feminine] (Polish), adesão (Portuguese), adhesión (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-adhesion-en-noun-en:biochemistry Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 10 4 13 33 29 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 31 5 2 16 29 17 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'biochemistry: binding of a cell': 7 6 2 8 74 2
  6. The frictional grip on a surface, of wheels, shoes etc. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (frictional grip): pito (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-adhesion-en-noun-aIznfBNd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 10 4 13 33 29 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 31 5 2 16 29 17 Disambiguation of 'frictional grip': 1 1 0 2 6 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: adhæsion [obsolete] Related terms: adhesive

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  "word": "adhesion"
}

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