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adherend

adherend noun: that which adheres to something else by adhesion.

Noun

adherend (plural adherends)

  1. That which adheres to something else by adhesion.
    • The aerospace industry routinely uses the tendency of clean water to 'bead' or 'break' as an indication of the presence of hydrophobic contaminant on an adherend during surface preparation.2017, Rhys Jones, A.A. Baker, Neil Matthews, Aircraft Sustainment and Repair, page 284

adherend meaning in Tamil

adherend in Tamil

ஒட்டுப்படு பொருள்

Forms of adherend

pluraladherends

Origin of adherend

From adhere + -end.

Questions about adherend

What does adherend mean?
Adherend means that which adheres to something else by adhesion.
What is adherend in Tamil?
Adherend in Tamil is ஒட்டுப்படு பொருள். See Adherend meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is adherend?
Adherend is a noun.
What is the plural of adherend?
The plural of adherend is adherends.

Words near adherend in the dictionary

  1. adhered
  2. adherence
  3. adherences
  4. adherencies
  5. adherency
  6. adherend
  7. adherends
  8. adherens junction
  9. adherens junctions
  10. adherent
  11. adherently

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Adapted from Wiktionary: adherend (page history and authors); adherend (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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