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 attachment on Wikipedia

Etymology

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FromFrenchattachement. Bysurface analysis,attach +‎-ment.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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attachment (countable anduncountable,pluralattachments)

  1. The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
    • 2005, Rebecca N. Baergen,Manual of Benirschke and Kaufmann's Pathology of the Human Placenta, page71:
      The “implantation window” is a short, specific phase during whichattachment of the blastocyst occurs.
  2. A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
    I have such anattachment towards my fiancé!
  3. Adependence, especially a strong one.
    • 2003, Griffith Edwards,Alcohol: The World's Favorite Drug, page63:
      Through every other kind of drug experience, however, ran hisattachment to alcohol.
  4. A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
    • 1978, Walter H. Wager,Time of reckoning, page194:
      Zimchenko's phone had a tapeattachment,[…]
  5. The means by which something is physically attached.
    • 2012, Sinikka Elliott,Not My Kid: What Parents Believe about the Sex Lives of Their Teenagers, page46:
      [The umbilical cord is] theattachment connecting the fetus with the placenta.
  6. (computing) Afile sent along with a message, usually anemail.
  7. (law) Taking a person'sproperty to satisfy a court-ordereddebt.
    attachment of earnings
  8. (meteorology) The act or process by which any (downward)leaderconnects to any available (upward)streamer in alightning 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 theJournal of Lightning Research, volume 1

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Translations

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the act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching
strong bonding towards or with
dependence, especially a strong one
device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool
process or means by which something is physically attached
file sent along with a message
legal: taking a person's property to satisfy a debt

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishattachment.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɛˈtɛtʃmənt/,/ɑˈtɛtʃmənt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation:at‧tach‧ment

Noun

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attachment m orn (pluralattachments)

  1. attachment(to an email)
    Synonym:bijlage
  2. (psychology)attachment, personalbonding
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