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adherends

adherends is the plural of adherend.

Meaning of adherend

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

Questions about adherends

What is adherends the plural of?
Adherends is the plural of adherend.

Words near adherends in the dictionary

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

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