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adhesiveness - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'adhesiveness' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Adhesiveness [ n.]
- The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity of union.
- Propensity to form and maintain attachments to persons, and to promote social intercourse.

Meaning of 'adhesiveness' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . adhesiveness [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
Example in sentence:
  • a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion;
  • the mutual adhesiveness of cells

Nearby Words:

adhamant adhere adhered adherence adherency adherent adherently adherer adhering adhesion

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