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Attachment
//əˈtæt͡ʃmənt// noun
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Noun
- 1 The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching. countable, uncountable
"The “implantation window” is a short, specific phase during which attachment of the blastocyst occurs."
- 2 the act of fastening things together wordnet
- 3 A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something. countable, uncountable
"I have such an attachment towards my fiancé!"
- 4 the act of attaching or affixing something wordnet
- 5 A dependence, especially a strong one. countable, uncountable
"Through every other kind of drug experience, however, ran his attachment to alcohol."
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- 6 faithful support for a cause or political party or religion wordnet
- 7 A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool. countable, uncountable
"Zimchenko's phone had a tape attachment, […]"
- 8 a supplementary part or accessory wordnet
- 9 The means by which something is physically attached. countable, uncountable
"[The umbilical cord is] the attachment connecting the fetus with the placenta."
- 10 a connection that fastens things together wordnet
- 11 A file sent along with a message, usually an email. countable, uncountable
- 12 a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding wordnet
- 13 Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt. countable, uncountable
"attachment of earnings"
- 14 a feeling of affection for a person or an institution wordnet
- 15 The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash. countable, uncountable
"2009, Jakke Mäkelä, Eero Karvinen, Niko Porjo, Antti Mäkelä and Tapio Tuomi, Attachment of Natural Lightning Flashes to Trees: Preliminary Statistical Characteristics, published in the Journal of Lightning Research, volume 1"
Etymology
From French attachement. By surface analysis, attach + -ment.
See also for "attachment"
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