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The property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
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adhesiveness
Word definitions for adhesiveness in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Adhesiveness \Ad*he"sive*ness\, n. The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity of union. (Phren.) Propensity to form and maintain attachments to persons, and to promote social intercourse.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition [syn: adhesion , adherence , bond ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. the quality of being, or the degree to which a thing is, adhesive
Usage examples of adhesiveness.
She was one of those soft natures whose power of adhesiveness to an acquired idea seems to be one of the special attributes of that softness.