Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

adhese

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ad-hese
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To attach adhesively or via adhesives.

verb

To unite via adhesion (abnormal union of surface).

Example Sentences

"The windows of some are cemented on but preferably adhesed without any cement (a process of adhesing without cement was developed in the Hilger laboratories:[…]"
"After adhesing the rubber screen support to a shaved and cleaned area of the torso, the electrode and paste were covered with a piece of adhesive[…]"
"Temperature sensors were adhesed to various parts of the body including the great toe and index finger."
"Two inches of styrofoam was adhesed to this using a special epoxy resin from Hysol Corporation, Olean, New York."
"[…] was not damaged in any way and additionally that the rug was not supposed to be glued or adhesed to the floor ."
"The above mentioned two layers of rubber are adhesed to each other not by the whole contact surface, and by separate parts only , possessing the form of longitudinal belts, which width is approximately 3 times lower, than that of[…]"

Etymology

Apparently back-formation from adhesive or adhesion (itself related to adhere); compare Latin adhēsus.

Inflected Forms

adheses (present, singular) adhesing (participle, present) adhesed (participle, past) adhesed (past)

Questions

What does adhese mean?: To attach adhesively or via adhesives.
Where does adhese come from?: Apparently back-formation from adhesive or adhesion (itself related to adhere); compare Latin adhēsus.

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