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Affinity
Meaning
Noun
●
A natural
attraction
or
feeling
of
kinship
to a person or thing.
●
A family relationship through
marriage
of a
relative
(e.g.
sister-in-law
),
as opposed to
consanguinity
(e.g. sister).
●
A
kinsman
or
kinswoman
of a such relationship; one who is affinal.
●
The
fact
of and
manner
in which something is related to another.
●
Any
romantic
relationship.
●
A
love interest
; a paramour.
●
Any
passionate
love
for something.
●
In Taxonomy:
Resemblances between
biological
populations
,
suggesting
that they have a common
origin
, type or stock.
●
In Geology:
Structural
resemblances
between
minerals
;
resemblances
that
suggest
that they are of a common
origin
or type.
●
In Chemistry:
An
attractive
force
between
atoms
, or
groups
of
atoms
, that
contributes
towards their
forming
bonds.
●
In Medicine:
The
attraction
between an
antibody
and an antigen
●
In Computing:
A
tendency
to keep a
task
running on
the same
processor
in a
symmetric
multiprocessing
operating system
to reduce the
frequency
of
cache
misses.
●
In Geometry:
An
automorphism
of
affine
space.
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Origin
affinity
English
affinité
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Fondness
Predilection
Appreciation
Proclivity
Attachment
Attraction
Fascination
Aversion
Preference
Sensitivity
Selectivity
Obsession
Reactivity
Binding
Interaction
Solubility
Inclination
Affection
Similarity
Connection
Bonding
Specificity
Tolerance
Affiliation
Propensity
Homology
Adhesion
Kinship
Resemblance
Adsorption
Infatuation
Penchant
Allegiance
Ligand
Concentration
Susceptibility
Reaction
Aptitude
Expression
Conjugation
Admiration
Closeness
Ligands
Antibody
Aptamer
Polarity
Tendency
Lipophilicity
Ability
Catalytic Activity
Binding Energy
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