| affinity | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. affinity | (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody. |
| ~ immunology | the branch of medical science that studies the body's immune system. |
| ~ attraction, attractive force | the force by which one object attracts another. |
| n. (linkdef) | 2. affinity | (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship. |
| ~ anthropology | the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings. |
| ~ family relationship, kinship, relationship | (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption. |
| ~ steprelationship | a family relationship by virtue of remarriage. |
| n. (linkdef) | 3. affinity, phylogenetic relation | (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts.; "in anatomical structure prehistoric man shows close affinity with modern humans" |
| ~ biological science, biology | the science that studies living organisms. |
| ~ family relationship, kinship, relationship | (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption. |
| n. (linkdef) | 4. affinity, kinship | a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character.; "found a natural affinity with the immigrants"; "felt a deep kinship with the other students"; "anthropology's kinship with the humanities" |
| ~ relation | an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together. |
| ~ rapport, resonance | a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people. |
| ~ sympathy | a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other.; "the two of them were in close sympathy" |
| n. (phenomenon) | 5. affinity, chemical attraction | the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule.; "basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk" |
| ~ force | (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity.; "force equals mass times acceleration" |
| n. (attribute) | 6. affinity | inherent resemblance between persons or things. |
| ~ resemblance | similarity in appearance or external or superficial details. |
| n. (attribute) | 7. affinity | a natural attraction or feeling of kinship.; "an affinity for politics"; "the mysterious affinity between them"; "James's affinity with Sam" |
| ~ attractiveness, attraction | the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts.; "her personality held a strange attraction for him" |
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