attachment

noun

digital or physical document or other work which is attached to, but not transcluded in, another work
act/process of forming a connection (tangibly or intangibly); causing to stick, joining, assembling, attributing to, bonding emotionally with, being dependent on

Pronunciation: /əˈtæt͡ʃmənt/

Etymology: From French attachement. By surface analysis, attach + -ment.

The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
“The “implantation window” is a short, specific phase during which attachment of the blastocyst occurs.”
A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
“I have such an attachment towards my fiancé!”
A dependence, especially a strong one.
“Through every other kind of drug experience, however, ran his attachment to alcohol.”
A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
“Zimchenko's phone had a tape attachment, […]”
The means by which something is physically attached.
“[The umbilical cord is] the attachment connecting the fetus with the placenta.”
A file sent along with a message, usually an email.
Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
“attachment of earnings”
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”