сцепление — meaning in English
stsepleniye
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English meaning
- adherence noun Sticking closely to a rule, agreement, treatment or set of standards.
- adhesion noun The way one substance is able to stick firmly to a different substance.
- clutch verb To grip or hold onto something tightly.
- cohesion noun The act or state of sticking together or working together as a unit.
- concatenation noun A number of things joined together one after another, like links in a chain.
- engagement noun A formal agreement to marry, or the period before a wedding.
Senses
сцепление is used for these senses in English:
- adherence A close physical union of two objects.
- adhesion The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
- clutch A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car. [from 19th c.]
- clutch The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.
- cohesion State of cohering, or of working together.
- cohesion (physics, chemistry) Various intermolecular forces that hold solids and liquids together.
- concatenation (countable) A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.
- engagement (countable, uncountable) Connection or attachment.
adhesion — full definition
- noun The way one substance is able to stick firmly to a different substance.
- noun A lasting sense of loyalty or attachment to someone or something.
- noun An agreement to stick to or support something, such as a set of terms.
- noun (medicine) A band of scar tissue that forms between body parts after inflammation, sticking them together abnormally.
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