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# adhesion

«adhesion» in Mova's school dictionary: **the sticking of one thing to another** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (adhesion; uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Adhesion is the sticking of one thing to another. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adhesion/#m1)

2) (science) Adhesion is the force that makes different substances cling together, like water droplets on glass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adhesion/#m2)

3) (medicine, an adhesion, adhesions) An adhesion is tissue inside the body that sticks parts together after an operation or injury. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adhesion/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used in science (water climbing up a paper towel, glue), engineering (tyre adhesion to a road) and medicine. Compare «cohesion» (water sticking to water).

### examples

- Glue works by adhesion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adhesion/#x1)
- Water drops stay on the window because of adhesion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adhesion/#x2)
- Wet roads reduce the adhesion of tyres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adhesion/#x3)
- Sticky notes have weak adhesion so you can peel them off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adhesion/#x4)
- Adhesion helps water move up plant stems. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adhesion/#x5)
- The tape lost its adhesion in the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adhesion/#x6)

### note

Uncountable in the science sense. Verb: «adhere» (to stick). Adjective/noun: «adhesive» (glue). Trap: adhesion is different things sticking together; cohesion is the same thing sticking to itself.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «adhesion» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adhesion/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.