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Adhesive - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Adhesive : adj : tending to adhere [ant: nonadhesive]
(noun)
1: a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together [syn: adhesive
material]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Adhesive : \Ad*he"sive\, a. [Cf. F. adh['e]sif.]
1. Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.
2. Apt or tending to adhere; clinging. --Thomson.
Adhesive attraction. (Physics) See Attraction.
Adhesive inflammation (Surg.), that kind of inflammation
which terminates in the reunion of divided parts without
suppuration.
Adhesive plaster, a sticking; a plaster containing resin,
wax, litharge, and olive oil.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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