Synonyms for adhesion

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ad-hee-zhuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ædˈhi ʒən

Définition of adhesion

Origin : 1620s, from French adhésion or directly from Latin adhaesionem (nominative adhaesio) "a sticking to," noun of action from past participle stem of adhaerare (see adherent).
Adhesion is generally used in the material, and adherence in the metaphysical sense. [Johnson]

noun holding fast

Example sentences :

So to a man they gave in their adhesion in that quarter of the country.
Extract from : « Anabasis » by Xenophon

The pleura and diaphragm also showed a good deal of disease and some adhesion.
Extract from : « Cattle and Their Diseases » by Robert Jennings

The adhesion of Richelieu and the advocacy of Chapelain insured their triumph.
Extract from : « A History of French Literature » by Edward Dowden

With the adhesion of New York all serious anxiety came to an end.
Extract from : « The Critical Period of American History » by John Fiske

It is the adhesion of woman to this view of the case which puzzles us a little at first.
Extract from : « Modern Women and What is Said of Them » by Anonymous

The protocol was converted into a treaty by the adhesion of Belgium on November 15.
Extract from : « The Political History of England - Vol XI » by George Brodrick

In other instances it is due to an adhesion of the pedicel to the side of the fruit.
Extract from : « Vegetable Teratology » by Maxwell T. Masters

Upon the establishment of the Empire he gave his adhesion to Napoleon.
Extract from : « Louis Philippe » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

And no doubt up to this point he gave his adhesion to the words of the preacher.
Extract from : « Royal Edinburgh » by Margaret Oliphant

The attendant judges, each in his place, now added their adhesion.
Extract from : « Jeanne d'Arc » by Mrs.(Margaret) Oliphant

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