slovo | definícia |
adherence (mass) | adherence
- vernosť |
adherence (encz) | adherence,lpění n: Jirka Zeman |
adherence (encz) | adherence,přilnavost n: Jirka Zeman |
adherence (encz) | adherence,věrnost n: |
Adherence (gcide) | Adherence \Ad*her"ence\, n. [Cf. F. adh['e]rence, LL.
adhaerentia.]
1. The quality or state of adhering.
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2. The state of being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady
attachment; adhesion; as, adherence to a party or to
opinions.
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Syn: Adherence, Adhesion.
Usage: These words, which were once freely interchanged, are
now almost entirely separated. Adherence is no longer
used to denote physical union, but is applied, to
mental states or habits; as, a strict adherence to
one's duty; close adherence to the argument, etc.
Adhesion is now confined chiefly to the physical
sense, except in the phrase "To give in one's adhesion
to a cause or a party."
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adherence (wn) | adherence
n 1: 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"
[syn: attachment, adherence, adhesion]
2: 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" [syn: adhesiveness, adhesion,
adherence, bond] |
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adherence to (encz) | adherence to,věrnost n: čemu Jirka Zeman |
Adherence (gcide) | Adherence \Ad*her"ence\, n. [Cf. F. adh['e]rence, LL.
adhaerentia.]
1. The quality or state of adhering.
[1913 Webster]
2. The state of being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady
attachment; adhesion; as, adherence to a party or to
opinions.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Adherence, Adhesion.
Usage: These words, which were once freely interchanged, are
now almost entirely separated. Adherence is no longer
used to denote physical union, but is applied, to
mental states or habits; as, a strict adherence to
one's duty; close adherence to the argument, etc.
Adhesion is now confined chiefly to the physical
sense, except in the phrase "To give in one's adhesion
to a cause or a party."
[1913 Webster] |
ACTION OF ADHERENCE (bouvier) | ACTION OF ADHERENCE, Scotch law. An action competent to a husband or Wife to
compel either party to adhere in case of desertion.
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