Adhesion

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.

Adherence; steady or firm attachment; fidelity; as, adhesion to error, to a policy.

Agreement to adhere; concurrence; assent.

The molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. See Cohesion.

Union of surface, normally separate, by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.

The union of parts which are separate in other plants, or in younger states of the same plant.

the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition; "the mutual adhesiveness of cells"; "a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion"

faithful support for a cause or political party or religion; "attachment to a formal agenda"; "adherence to a fat-free diet"; "the adhesion of Seville was decisive"