adˈhēzhən, əd- noun
( -s )
Etymology: French or Latin; French adhésion, from Latin adhaesion-, adhaesio, from adhaesus (past participle of adhaerēre ) + -ion-, -io -ion
1. : steady or firm attachment (as to a person, party, principle, or idea) : adherence
unshakable adhesion to one … individual — D.W.Brogan
adhesion … to the federal party — H.E.Scudder
2. : the action or state of adhering ; specifically : a sticking together of substances (as of glue and wood or of parts united by growth)
3.
a. : the abnormal union of surfaces normally separate by the formation of new fibrous tissue resulting from an inflammatory process ; also : the newly formed uniting tissue
pleural adhesions
b. : the union of wound edges especially by first intention
4. : something that adheres
freeing the concept of executive functions from certain adhesions sometimes confused with them — Harold Koontz & Cyril O'Donnell
5. : the act of joining, taking part in, or subscribing to
adhesion of all countries to a copyright convention
: agreement to join : concurrence
the country announced its adhesion to the pact
6. : the union of separate plant parts or organs — used chiefly of union between parts of different floral whorls (as between sepals and carpels); compare cohesion
7.
a. : a grip or sticking effect produced by friction or the friction itself (as of a smooth locomotive wheel pulling on a smooth rail)
b. : the force that must be developed to overcome this grip before slip occurs
8. : the molecular attraction exerted between the surfaces of bodies in contact — distinguished from cohesion
9. : the association of apparently unrelated elements in a culture complex