Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.
|
See also:ADHESION (from See also:Lat. adhaerere, to adhere) , the See also:process of adhering or clinging to anything . In a figurative sense, See also:adhesion (like "adherent ") is used of any See also:attachment to a party or See also:movement; but the word is also employed technically in See also:psychology, See also:pathology and See also:botany . In psychology See also:Bain and others use it of association of ideas and See also:action; in pathology an adhesion is an abnormal See also:union of surfaces; and in botany "adhesion" is used of dissimilar parts, e.g. in floral whorls; in opposition to "cohesion," which applies to similar parts, e.g. of the same whorl . |
|
|
[back] ADHEMAR DE CHABANNES (c. 988-c. 1030) |
[next] ADIAPHORISTS (Gr. a&ac6opos, indifferent) |
There are no comments yet for this article.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are encouraged.