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noun
The property of sticking or adhering; adhesion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Warmth and humidity, as on a muggy day.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Of prices or wages: the tendency to stay the same despite changes in the economy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: economics, sciences
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noun
The presence of unique attributes that make a product indisposable and valuable to its owner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Qualifier: interface design
Topics: business, marketing
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noun
A research measure that captures the extent to which viewers wish to spend more time looking at or reading a print advertisement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: advertising, business, marketing
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noun
An overemotional attachment to others; clinging in interpersonal relations; difficulty with ending conversations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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noun
the property of sticking to a surface
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: viscosity, viscousness
Narrower terms: adhesiveness, adhesion, adherence, bond
History
Etymology tree English sticky Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English stickiness From sticky + -ness.
Across languages
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
