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BONDING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fastening firmly together
Synonyms:
bonding; soldering
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("bonding" is a kind of...):
attachment; fastening (the act of fastening things together)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(dentistry) a technique for repairing a tooth; resinous material is applied to the surface of the tooth where it adheres to the tooth's enamel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("bonding" is a kind of...):
technique (a practical method or art applied to some particular task)
Domain category:
dental medicine; dentistry; odontology (the branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A close personal relationship that forms between people (as between husband and wife or parent and child)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("bonding" is a kind of...):
personal relation; personal relationship (a relation between persons)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bonding"):
female bonding (the formation of a close personal relationship between women)
male bonding (the formation of a close personal relationship between men)
maternal-infant bonding (the attachment that forms between an infant and its mother beginning at birth)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb bond
Context examples:
Organometallic compounds are substances that have a metal bonding with at least one carbon atom of an organic molecule.
(Mango leaf extract can stop ships from rusting, SciDev.Net)
NSF's Division of Materials Research supports discovery, synthesis and characterization of new types of materials, and studies to understand their crystal structures, chemical bonding and physical properties. said program director Birgit Schwenzer.
(Chemists find path to 'new blue' in meteorite minerals, National Science Foundation)
Cell Adhesion involves close adherence (bonding) of a cell to another cell surface or to insoluble material due to physiochemical attraction between molecules on the surfaces of the adjoining bodies in contact.
(Cell Adhesion, NCI Thesaurus)
A base composed of bonding agents intermingled with active and/or inert ingredient(s), which rapidly hardens into a firm mass upon application.
(Cement Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)
The close adherence (bonding) to adjoining cell surfaces.
(Cell Adhesion, NCI Dictionary)
Alkylating Activity in biological systems is typically a process of covalent bonding in which a chemical substance replaces hydrogen atom(s) in biologically active molecules with alkyl radical(s), hindering proper function.
(Alkylation Process, NCI Thesaurus)
Affecting biological factors or systems, a Biophysical Process is a subatomic, atomic, or molecular process that involves passive, physical movement; attraction or repulsion (electrostatic, van der Waals, gradient, hydrogen bonding, hydrophobic, hydrophilic, etc.); radiation interaction; or non-enzymatic formation of covalent bonds.
(Biophysical Process, NCI Thesaurus)
