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kiinnittyminen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • adherence noun Sticking closely to a rule, agreement, treatment or set of standards.
  • adhesion noun The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
  • docking noun The act of joining a ship or spacecraft to a dock or another craft.
  • fixation noun An intense, often unhealthy preoccupation with a particular person, idea, or thing.
  • implantation noun The way in which an organ, bone, muscle etc. becomes inserted into its set place.

Senses

kiinnittyminen is used for these senses in English:

  • adherence A close physical union of two objects.
  • adhesion (biochemistry) The binding of a cell to a surface or substrate.
  • docking (nautical) The securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables.
  • fixation The state of being fixed or fixated.
  • implantation (physics) The insertion of ions into the crystal structure of another material through ion bombardment.

adhesion — full definition

  1. noun The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
  2. noun Persistent attachment or loyalty.
  3. noun An agreement to adhere.
  4. noun An abnormal union of surface by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.

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