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adhesion 1. an attraction or repulsion between the molecules of unlike substances in contact: distinguished from cohesion 2. Pathol abnormal union of structures or parts adhesion [ad′hē·zhən] (botany) Growing together of members of different and distinct whorls. (electromagnetism) Any mutually attractive force holding together two magnetic bodies, or two oppositely charged nonconducting bodies. (engineering) Intimate sticking together of metal surfaces under compressive stresses by formation of metallic bonds. (mechanics) The force of static friction between two bodies, or the effects of this force. (medicine) The abnormal union of an organ or part with some other part by formation of fibrous tissue. (physics) The tendency, due to intermolecular forces, for matter to cling to other matter. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| This rigid adhesion to truth, an indispensable requisite in history and travels, destroys the charm of fiction; for all that is necessary to be conveyed to the mind by the latter had better be done by delineations of principles, and of characters in their classes, than by a too fastidious attention to originals. Attempted drives from east to west- similar to the contrary movements of 1805, 1807, and 1809- precede the great westward movement; there is the same coalescence into a group of enormous dimensions; the same adhesion of the people of Central Europe to the movement; the same hesitation midway, and the same increasing rapidity as the goal is approached. "And therefore," said D'Artagnan, to clip the hope which Athos's tacit adhesion had imparted to Mazarin, "we shall not proceed to that violence save in the last extremity. |
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