attachment
Substantivin Dialogen belegt
- //əˈtæt͡ʃmənt//
The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
Substantiv
- 1
The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
The “implantation window” is a short, specific phase during which attachment of the blastocyst occurs.
- 2
A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
I have such an attachment towards my fiancé!
- 3
A dependence, especially a strong one.
Through every other kind of drug experience, however, ran his attachment to alcohol.
- 4
A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
Zimchenko's phone had a tape attachment, […]
- 5
The means by which something is physically attached.
[The umbilical cord is] the attachment connecting the fetus with the placenta.
- 6
A file sent along with a message, usually an email.
- 7
Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
attachment of earnings
- 8
The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.
2009, Jakke Mäkelä, Eero Karvinen, Niko Porjo, Antti Mäkelä and Tapio Tuomi, Attachment of Natural Lightning Flashes to Trees: Preliminary Statistical Characteristics, published in the Journal of Lightning Research, volume 1
Herkunft
From French attachement. By surface analysis, attach + -ment.
Formen
- Plural
- attachments
attachment · The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
attack · An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an…attacker · Someone who attacks.attacking · Carrying out an attack.