affinity
21affinity — Synonyms and related words: a thing for, accord, accordance, addition, adduction, adjunct, affairs, affiliation, agape, agreement, alikeness, alliance, allurement, amity, analogy, approximation, aptitude, aptness, assemblage, assent, association …
22affinity — noun 1) her affinity with animals and birds an affinity for opera Syn: empathy for, rapport with, sympathy for, accord with, harmony with, relationship with, bond with, fellow feeling for, closeness with/to, understanding of/for; liking of/for,… …
23affinity — The connection existing in consequence of marriage between each of the married persons and the kindred of the other. Re Bordeau s Estate, 37 Wash 2d 561, 225 132d 433, 26 ALR2d 249. The tie between one spouse and the blood relations of the other …
24affinity — af|fin|i|ty [ ə fınəti ] noun 1. ) singular a natural understanding and sympathy between people: There s an affinity between the twins that s very rare. a ) a natural understanding of something: She has a real affinity for music. 2. ) count or… …
25affinity — denotes a mutual relationship. Therefore, strictly speaking, one should not speak of someone or something having an affinity for another but should speak of an affinity with or between. When mutuality is not intended, sympathy would be a… …
26affinity — noun 1 (singular) a strong feeling that you like and understand someone because you share the same ideas or interests (+ for/between/with): I felt an immediate affinity for them. 2 (C, U) a close connection between two things because of qualities …
27affinity — Attraction At*trac tion, n. [L. attractio: cf. F. attraction.] 1. (Physics) An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate particles, tending to draw them together …
28affinity — An expression of the strength of interaction between two entities, eg. between receptor and ligand or between enzyme and substrate. The affinity is usually characterized by the equilibrium constant association constant or dissociation constant… …
29affinity — /euh fin i tee/, n., pl. affinities., adj. n. 1. a natural liking for or attraction to a person, thing, idea, etc. 2. a person, thing, idea, etc., for which such a natural liking or attraction is felt. 3. relationship by marriage or by ties other …
30Affinity — Relationship by alliance (2 Chr. 18:1) or by marriage (1 Kings 3:1). Marriages are prohibited within certain degrees of affinity, enumerated Lev. 18:6 17. Consanguinity is relationship by blood …
