adherend

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Scrabble points
13
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13
Letters
8

Definition of adherend

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.”

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereōder. Middle English *adheren English adhere Latin -endusbor. English -end English adherend From adhere + -end.

Anagrams of adherend

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