Hypertext Webster Gateway: "adhesiveness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Adhesiveness \Ad*he"sive*ness\, n.
1. The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity
of union.
2. (Phren.) Propensity to form and maintain attachments to
persons, and to promote social intercourse.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
adhesiveness
n : the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or
the joining of surfaces of different composition [syn: {adhesion},
{adherence}, {bond}]
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