ADHESIVENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adhesiveness mean? 

• ADHESIVENESS (noun)
  The noun ADHESIVENESS has 1 sense:

1. the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition

  Familiarity information: ADHESIVENESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADHESIVENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

adherence; adhesion; adhesiveness; bond

Context example:

a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion

Hypernyms ("adhesiveness" is a kind of...):

stickiness (the property of sticking to a surface)

Derivation:

adhesive (tending to adhere)

 Context examples 

A semi-solid composed of a soft, smooth mass with relatively thick consistency and strong adhesiveness that becomes solid when dry.

(Plaster Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

Understanding the roles of adhesive proteins in the slug glue would aid in the creation of a medical adhesive that can move and stretch yet still retain its strength and adhesiveness.

(New studies may bring slug-made glues closer to use in medicine, Wikinews)

This agent reduces the viscosity of mucus secretion by reducing adhesiveness and surface tension as well as increasing hydration of mucus.

(Guaifenesin, NCI Thesaurus)

Guaifenesin works by drawing water into respiratory tracts, thereby reducing adhesiveness and surface tension of mucus as well as increasing hydration of mucus.

(Entex, NCI Thesaurus)

Guaifenesin increases respiratory tract mucus secretions and reduces the viscosity of mucus secretion by reducing adhesiveness and surface tension as well as increasing hydration of mucus, thereby increasing the efficiency of removing accumulated secretions from the upper and lower airways and making cough more productive.

(Phenylephrine/Phenylpropanolamine/Guaifenesin, NCI Thesaurus)

Guaifenesin works by drawing water into respiratory tracts, by which reducing adhesiveness and surface tension of mucus as well as increasing hydration of mucus, thereby reducing the viscosity of mucus and making cough more productive.

(Guaifenesin-DM, NCI Thesaurus)