Attachment
Encyclopedia
Attachment may refer to:
Attachment- An emotional connection. Attachment involves being dependent on someone for something: emotional, mental or physical.
Attachment- An emotional connection. Attachment involves being dependent on someone for something: emotional, mental or physical.
- Attachment theoryAttachment theoryAttachment theory describes the dynamics of long-term relationships between humans. Its most important tenet is that an infant needs to develop a relationship with at least one primary caregiver for social and emotional development to occur normally. Attachment theory is an interdisciplinary study...
, the psychological theory which is used to describe and investigate the predictable emotional connection between individuals - "Attachment" as a vice:
- UpādānaUpadanaUpādāna is a word used in both Buddhism and Hinduism.*In Buddhism, upādāna is a critical link in the arising of suffering.*In Hinduism, upādāna is the material manifestation of Brahman.-Buddhism:...
- as a cause of suffering (in Buddhism) - MohMohMoh stands in ancient texts for perplexity or confusion as also for the cause of confusion, that is, avidya or ajnana ....
- a vice in Sikh belief
- Upādāna
- Attachment (law)Attachment (law)Attachment is a legal process by which a court of law, at the request of a creditor, designates specific property owned by the debtor to be transferred to the creditor, or sold for the benefit of the creditor. A wide variety of legal mechanisms are employed by debtors to prevent the attachment of...
, a means of collecting a legal judgment by levying on property in the possession of a third party- Attachment of earningsAttachment of earningsAttachment of Earnings is a legal process in civil litigation by which a defendant's wages or other earnings are taken to pay for a debt. This collections process is used in the common law system, especially Britain and the United States, but in other legal regimes as well.Ballentine's Law...
, collecting money owed by a debtor directly from the debtor's employer
- Attachment of earnings
- An e-mail attachmentE-mail attachmentAn email attachment is a computer file sent along with an email message. One or more files can be attached to any email message, and be sent along with it to the recipient. This is typically used as a simple method to share documents and images...
- AT AttachmentAT AttachmentParallel ATA , originally ATA, is an interface standard for the connection of storage devices such as hard disks, solid-state drives, floppy drives, and optical disc drives in computers. The standard is maintained by X3/INCITS committee...
, a computer disk drive interface standard - Attachments (TV series)Attachments (TV series)Attachments is a BBC TV Series that ran for two seasons from 2000 to 2002, a total of 26 episodes. It focuses on a group of young professionals in London that work for an Internet startup company called "seethru" during the dot com boom...
, a BBC comedy-drama that ran from 2000 to 2002 about an internet startup company - The binding of a virusVirusA virus is a small infectious agent that can replicate only inside the living cells of organisms. Viruses infect all types of organisms, from animals and plants to bacteria and archaea...
to its target cell - Precision attachmentPrecision attachmentIn dentistry, precision attachments are the functional mechanical parts of the removable partial denture made of plastic, metal or a combination of both. They consist of two parts referred as the 'male' part that is fixed to a crown inside the patient's mouth and a 'female' part which holds the...
, the functional mechanical parts of a removable partial denture - Rental attachmentsRental accessories and attachmentsMost equipment, vehicles, tools, portable accommodation and specialized equipment is rented with either attachments or accessories. When dealing with heavy and specialized equipment, these are normally referred to as attachments, other types of rental tend to refer to them as accessories, though...
, components attached to rental machinery - A component added onto construction equipment to alter its function.