bonding
noun1
The act by which something is bonded or joined together.
- A systems view of reality allows one to see that it is made of successive layers of bonded elements, each layer with properties emergent from the previous one: atoms are particular bondings of more elementary particles[…]1998, Walter Frederick Buckley, Society - a Complex Adaptive System: Essays in Social Theory:
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A relationship between a parent and offspring that establishes the basis for an ongoing mutual attachment.
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A close friendship that develops between people, often as a result of intense experiences, as those shared in military combat.
- a work bonding session
- sibling bonding
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Networking, Physical sciences, Sciences A method of aggregating multiple network interfaces on a computer into a single logical interface
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An arrangement by which goods remain in the customs warehouses until the duties are paid.
- Derived terms
- antibonding, bonding jumper, bonding orbital, bonding protocol, cross-bonding, hydrogen-bonding, nonbonding, pair bonding, prebonding