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agglutination
CIDE DICTIONARY
agglutination, n. [Cf. F. agglutination.].
- The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts. [1913 Webster]
- Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See Agglutinative, 2. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
agglutination
accession, accretion, addition, adherence, adhesion, adjunct, adjunction, affixation, agglomeration, aggregation, annexation, articulation, attachment, augmentation, bond, bracketing, cling, clinging, clotting, clumping, clustering, coagulation, coherence, cohesion, cohesiveness, combination, communication, compaction, compression, concatenation, concentration, concourse, concretion, concurrence, condensation, confluence, congealment, congelation, congeries, conglobation, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction, connection, consolidation, convergence, copulation, coupling, densification, gathering, hardening, hookup, increase, inseparability, intercommunication, intercourse, interlinking, joinder, joining, jointure, junction, juxtaposition, knotting, liaison, linkage, linking, marriage, meeting, merger, merging, pairing, prefixation, reinforcement, set, solidification, splice, sticking, suffixation, superaddition, superfetation, superjunction, superposition, supplementation, symbiosis, tie, tie-in, tie-up, unification, union, uniting, yokingROGET THESAURUS
agglutination
Coherence
N coherence, adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness, concretion accretion, conglutination, agglutination, agglomeration, aggregation, consolidation, set, cementation, sticking, soldering, connection, dependence, tenacity, toughness, stickiness, inseparability, inseparableness, bur, remora, conglomerate, concrete, cohesive, adhesive, adhering, cohering, tenacious, tough, sticky, united, unseparated, unsessile, inseparable, inextricable, infrangible, compact.For further exploring for "agglutination" in Webster Dictionary Online