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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adhesive \Ad*he"sive\, a. [Cf. F. adh['e]sif.]
1. Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.
2. Apt or tending to adhere; clinging. --Thomson.
{Adhesive attraction}. (Physics) See {Attraction}.
{Adhesive inflammation} (Surg.), that kind of inflammation
which terminates in the reunion of divided parts without
suppuration.
{Adhesive plaster}, a sticking; a plaster containing resin,
wax, litharge, and olive oil.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
adhesive
adj : tending to adhere [ant: {nonadhesive}]
n : a substance that unites or bonds [syn: {adhesive material}]
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