What does "affinity" mean?

A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.

What is a synonym for "affinity"?

Common synonyms include: a thing for, accord, accordance, addition, adduction, adjunct.

Affinity

//əˈfɪnɪti// noun

noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

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A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing. countable, uncountable
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a natural attraction or feeling of kinship wordnet
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A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister). countable, uncountable
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inherent resemblance between persons or things wordnet
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A kinsman or kinswoman of a such relationship; one who is affinal. countable, uncountable

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the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule wordnet
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The fact of and manner in which something is related to another. countable, uncountable
"There are, of course, certain differences of detail; for example, the placing of the safety valves on the boiler barrel behind the dome, which follows the practice in the Riddles 2-8-0 and 2-10-0 locomotives for the Ministry of Supply; but taken all in all, Britannia's boiler has a closer affinity with the Doncaster designs than with any other."
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(immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody wordnet
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Any romantic relationship. countable, uncountable
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a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character wordnet
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A love interest; a paramour. countable, uncountable
""Cut it short, sis, cut it short," he would growl at her if she started to murmur sweet "coo-coos" to her affinity stationed on the other end of the wire."
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(biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts wordnet
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Any passionate love for something. countable, uncountable
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(anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship wordnet
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Resemblances between biological populations, suggesting that they have a common origin, type or stock. countable, uncountable
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Structural resemblances between minerals; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin or type. countable, uncountable
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An attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bonds. countable, uncountable
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The attraction between an antibody and an antigen countable, uncountable
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A tendency to keep a task running on the same processor in a symmetric multiprocessing operating system to reduce the frequency of cache misses. countable, uncountable
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An automorphism of affine space. countable, uncountable