adhesive
adhesive
Definition
ad·he·sive (ad hē′siv, -ziv; əd-)
adjective
- sticking and not coming loose; clinging
- made so as to adhere
Etymology: Fr adhésif < L adhaesus, pp. of adhaerere: see adhere
noun
- an adhesive substance, as glue
- Philately an adhesive postage stamp
ad·he′·sively adverb
ad·he′·sive·ness noun
adhesive
Synonyms
adhesive
modif.
adhesive
Synonyms
adhesive
n.
Varieties include: paste, glue, mucilage, cement, epoxy, cyanoacrylate, rubber cement, library paste, gluten, Scotch tape (trademark), adhesive tape, masking tape, draftsman's tape, duct tape.
adhesive
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- toughen: When using toughened glassy adhesives, rods with a reduced diameter section at the bonding faces are used.
- cure: The cured adhesive must then have sufficient strength to hold the device to the board during the solder wave process.
Adjective modifier
- conductive: Electrically conductive adhesives with low melting points could provide many users with an acceptable solder replacement for these assemblies.
- epoxy: The specimens were bonded to the loading blocks using a room temperature two part epoxy adhesive.
- cement-based: It seems that cement-based adhesive is best for exterior work.
- rubber-toughened: This has been used recently to produce a cavitation model for rubber-toughened adhesives with some success.
- pressure-sensitive: Pressure-sensitive adhesives are used on tapes or sheet material, sometimes with a nonstick backing paper.
- thermoplastic: The BLP uses a face-down chip, with the lead-frame attached by thermoplastic adhesive, and is bonded with gold wire before being transfer-moulded.
Modifies a noun
- capsulitis: The medical name for frozen shoulder is adhesive capsulitis.
- dressing: Care should also be taken when removing compression hosiery and adhesive dressings, so as not to damage the skin.
- tape: Use adhesive tape to hold the pieces together, wiping off surplus glue.
- bandage: For birds we suggest the addition of a cohesive bandage, we find these ideal for wrapping birds instead of adhesive bandages.
- plaster: The process involves placing chemicals on the animals ' raw, shaved skin and covering the skin with adhesive plaster.
- pad: The badges come with a self adhesive pad on the reverse for easy fitting.
Noun used with modifier
- floorcovering: ARDEX AF 2300 is a single part, water-based, low odor and solvent free, rubber floorcovering adhesive with exceptionally high yield.
- tile: Flexible tile adhesive directly on top of the heating mat.
- self: I used self adhesive Velcro to fix in place.
- silicone: The spikes can be glued onto window cills, pipes or ledges using a building grade silicone adhesive.
- resin: MDF is made by bonding fine wood fibers under pressure using a resin adhesive.
- wallpaper: Whatever you're doing next, you'll need to remove all traces of wallpaper adhesive for a good finish.
Browse dictionary entries near adhesive
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