They theorized that the easily reversible adhesion of the gecko's footpads is not dependent solely on those microscopic hairs, but also on the unique internal anatomy of the lizard's foot.
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Adhesion
Synonyms for "adhesion" (32 found)
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Related words (16)
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2 entriesTranslations
53 translations across 21 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- اِلْتِصَاق noun (medicine: abnormal union of surface by formation of new tissue)
Bulgarian
2 entries- сра́стване noun (medicine: abnormal union of surface by formation of new tissue)
- сцепле́ние noun (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance)
Catalan
1 entries- adhesió noun (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 附著力 /附着力 noun (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance)
Czech
1 entries- adheze noun (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance)
Dutch
3 entries- adhesie noun (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance)
- adhesie noun (persistent attachment or loyalty)
- adhesie noun (medicine: abnormal union of surface by formation of new tissue)
Finnish
4 entries- adheesio noun (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance)
- kiinnike noun (medicine: abnormal union of surface by formation of new tissue)
- kiinnittyminen noun (biochemistry: binding of a cell)
- pito noun (frictional grip)
French
3 entries- adhésion noun (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance)
- adhésion noun (agreement to adhere)
- adhésion noun (biochemistry: binding of a cell)
German
3 entries- Adhäsion noun (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance)
- Haftung noun (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance)
- Verwachsung noun (medicine: abnormal union of surface by formation of new tissue)
Hindi
1 entries- आसंजन noun (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance)
Indonesian
1 entries- adhesi noun (medicine: abnormal union of surface by formation of new tissue)
Irish
1 entries- greamú noun (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance)
Italian
2 entries- adesione noun (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance)
- adesione noun (biochemistry: binding of a cell)
Japanese
2 entries- 接着力 noun (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance)
- 附着力 noun (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance)
Korean
1 entries- 부착력 noun (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance)
Persian
2 entries- دوسش noun (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance)
- چسبندگی noun (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance)
Polish
2 entries- adhezja noun (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance)
- adhezja noun (biochemistry: binding of a cell)
Portuguese
4 entries- adesividade noun (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance)
- adesão noun (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance)
- adesão noun (agreement to adhere)
- adesão noun (biochemistry: binding of a cell)
Russian
4 entries- адге́зия noun (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance)
- ве́рность noun (persistent attachment or loyalty)
- пре́данность noun (persistent attachment or loyalty)
- пре́данность noun (agreement to adhere)
Spanish
2 entries- adhesión noun (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance)
- adhesión noun (biochemistry: binding of a cell)
Turkish
1 entries- yapışıklık noun (medicine: abnormal union of surface by formation of new tissue)
Sample sentences
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[N]o waver in Judgment, have I, though Gods mercy, ever been; but a conſtant aſſertor of, and ſufferer for my ſatisfiedneſs in, and adheſion to, the piety and probity of my breeding and belief, vvhich vvas ever, yet is, and I hope, through Gods grace, to death ſhall be, in point of Religion according to the Doctrine and Diſcipline of the Church of England.
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Who doubts that the fineing, whipping, torturing, hanging, embowelling of men, women, and children, guilty of no other crime than adhesion to the Catholic faith, had assisted the Pope and Philip, and their band of English, Scotch, and Irish conspirators, to shake Elizabeth's throne and endanger her life?
Source: wiktionary
Mistress Affery, heartily glad to effect the proposed compromise, gave in her willing adhesion to it.
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