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English Dictionary: adhesive by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adhesive
adj
  1. tending to adhere
    Antonym(s): nonadhesive
n
  1. a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together [syn: adhesive material, adhesive agent, adhesive]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Adhesive \Ad*he"sive\, a. [Cf. F. adh[82]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.
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