<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>The act or state of adhering; state of being adhered or united: the adhesion of parts united by growth.</li><li>Steady or devoted attachment, support, etc.; adherence.</li><li>Assent; concurrence.</li><li>The molecular force of attraction in the area of contact between unlike bodies that acts to hold them together.</li><li>Pathology: the abnormal union of adjacent tissues; the tissue involved.</li><li>Botany: the union of normally separate parts.</li><li>Railroads: the frictional resistance of rails to the tendency of driving wheels to slip.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>