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adhesive |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Adhesive \Ad*he"sive\, a. [Cf. F. adh['e]sif.] 1. Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances. 2. Apt or tending to adhere; clinging. --Thomson. {Adhesive attraction}. (Physics) See {Attraction}. {Adhesive inflammation} (Surg.), that kind of inflammation which terminates in the reunion of divided parts without suppuration. {Adhesive plaster}, a sticking; a plaster containing resin, wax, litharge, and olive oil. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: adhesive adj : tending to adhere [ant: {nonadhesive}] n : a substance that unites or bonds [syn: {adhesive material}]
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