- adherence
- noun Date: 1531 1. the act, action, or quality of adhering 2. steady or faithful attachment ; fidelity
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adhérence — [ aderɑ̃s ] n. f. • XIVe; bas lat. adhaerentia 1 ♦ État d une chose qui adhère, tient fortement à une autre. L adhérence des pneus au sol. ♢ Méd. Union accidentelle ou pathologique de tissus contigus, dans l organisme. Adhérence pleurale. Au plur … Encyclopédie Universelle
Adherence — Adhérence Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom … Wikipédia en Français
Adherence — Ad*her ence, n. [Cf. F. adh[ e]rence, LL. adhaerentia.] 1. The quality or state of adhering. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady attachment; adhesion; as, adherence to a party or to opinions. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adhérence — ADHÉRENCE. s. f. Union d une chose à une autre. Adhérence de deux corps entre eux. Il y a adhérence du poumon aux côtes. L adhérence de la pierre à la vessie, est ce qui a empêché le succès de cette taille. [b]f♛/b] Il signifie figurément,… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
adherence — Adherence. s. f. v. Attachement d une chose à une autre. Son poulmon est adherent aux costes; & cette adherence sera peut estre cause de sa mort. Adherence, Se dit fig. pour marquer un attachement d esprit, de coeur, de volonté. Il ne se prend… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
adherence — I (adhesion) noun attachment, bond, cementation, coherence, cohesion, cohesiveness, concretion, conglutination, connectedness, firmness, fixedness, holding together, sticking together, tenaciousness, tenacity, tie II (devotion) noun allegiance,… … Law dictionary
adherence — adherence, adhesion are usually distinguished in current use. In spite of exceptions the tendency prevails to use adherence when mental or moral attachment and adhesion when physical attachment is implied {they gave their adherence to the cause… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Adherence — may refer to:* Adherence (medicine), the obedience of the patient to the medical advice. * AdhesionRelated:* Adhesion (medicine), abnormal bands of tissue that grow in the human body … Wikipedia
adherence — (n.) mid 15c., attachment to a person, support, from M.Fr. adhérence, from L. adhaerentia, noun of action from adhaerentem (nom. adhaerens), prp. of adhaerare (see ADHERENT (Cf. adherent)) … Etymology dictionary
adherence — adherence, adhesion Both words were adopted from French in the 17c, and come from the Latin verb which also gives us our verb adhere. Adherence is now mostly used in figurative senses relating to beliefs, loyalties, laws and regulations, etc.,… … Modern English usage
adherence — [ad hir′əns, ədhir′əns] n. the act of adhering; specif., attachment (to a person, cause, etc.); devotion and support … English World dictionary
