adhesion

noun adhesions · adhæsion

1. uncountable, usually The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
2. uncountable, usually Persistent attachment or loyalty. [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 accordin
3. uncountable, usually An agreement to adhere. Mistress Affery, heartily glad to effect the proposed compromise, gave in her willing adhesion to it.
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

Opposite: cohesion