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adhesive::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | adhesive agent, adhesive material |
| Type of | stuff, material |
| Has types | lime, binder, library paste, spirit gum, birdlime, cement, paste, rubber cement |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | adhere, adhesiveness |
Examples of adhesive
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The first self-adhesive labels were introduced by R. Stanton Avery in the 1930s.
From the courier-journal.com
He had to scrape off the images, which were stuck on with some kind of adhesive.
From the orlandosentinel.com
I tried one of my tried and true glues called adhesive caulk, which didn't work.
From the boston.com
Leo's use of adhesive tape in the manner described is not contrary to the rules.
From the nytimes.com
The diagrams show how the two wax layers reduce the adhesive ability of insects.
From the sciencedaily.com
Any suggestions on the adhesive problem and covering basement floors in general?
From the dailyherald.com
About 60 percent of the approximately 1,400 gecko species have adhesive toepads.
From the sciencedaily.com
Five-micron sections were cut and mounted on aminosaline adhesive coated slides.
From the nature.com
These were turned on as required at starting to give additional adhesive effort.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Adhesive material: a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together
- Tending to adhere
- (adhesiveness) 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"
- (adhesion) abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen
- (adhesion) a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures
- (adhesion) attachment: 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"
- An adhesive, or glue, is a mixture in a liquid or semi-liquid state that adheres or bonds items together. Adhesives may come from either natural or synthetic sources. The types of materials that can be bonded are vast but they are especially useful for bonding thin materials. ...
- Adhesive was a Swedish political punk band that was active between 1994-2002. Though Adhesive played the majority of their concerts in the band's native Sweden, they also toured throughout Europe and North America. ...
- Adhesion is any attraction process between dissimilar molecular species that can potentially bring them in "direct contact". By contrast cohesion takes place between similar molecules.
