Definition of adhesion

• n. - The action of sticking; the state of being attached; intimate union; as, the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, or the like.
• n. - Adherence; steady or firm attachment; fidelity; as, adhesion to error, to a policy.
• n. - Agreement to adhere; concurrence; assent.
• n. - The molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. See Cohesion.
• n. - Union of surface, normally separate, by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.
• n. - The union of parts which are separate in other plants, or in younger states of the same plant.
• n. - The action of sticking; the state of being attached; intimate union; as, the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, or the like.
• n. - Adherence; steady or firm attachment; fidelity; as, adhesion to error, to a policy.
• n. - Agreement to adhere; concurrence; assent.
• n. - The molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. See Cohesion.
• n. - Union of surface, normally separate, by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.
• n. - The union of parts which are separate in other plants, or in younger states of the same plant.