aangehechte

Aangehechte is a Dutch adjective and the past participle of the verb aanhechten, meaning that something has been attached or affixed to another object. It is used to describe items, parts, or substances that are physically connected to something else, rather than merely nearby or adjacent.

In practice, aangehechte is found in a range of contexts. In legal or administrative language, documents that are physically attached to a file are described as aangehechte documenten. In manufacturing or construction, onderdelen or components that have been joined to a device or structure may be referred to as aangehechte onderdelen. In biology and related sciences, cell cultures describe adherent or stuck-to-substrate cells as aangehechte cellen, indicating they attach to a surface rather than floating freely.

The term is derived from the verb aanhechten, which means to attach or fasten. The form aangehechte is the attributive adjective used to modify a noun, signaling that the referenced noun has already been affixed to something else.

See also: aanhechten, hechten, adherent (in a biological context).