affinity — قاموس الإنجليزية

اسم

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

   الاستعمال

   • معدود
   • غير معدود

   مرادفات

   kindred

2. A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister).

   الاستعمال

   • معدود
   • غير معدود

3. A kinsman or kinswoman of a such relationship; one who is affinal.

   الاستعمال

   • معدود
   • غير معدود

4. The fact of and manner in which something is related to another.

   الاستعمال

   • معدود
   • غير معدود

   أمثلة

   أمثلة إضافية (2)

   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.

   A “signature” was placed on all things by God to indicate their affinities — but it was hidden, hence the search for arcane knowledge. Knowing was guessing and interpreting, not observing or demonstrating.

5. Any romantic relationship.

   الاستعمال

   • معدود
   • غير معدود

6. A love interest; a paramour.

   الاستعمال

   • معدود
   • غير معدود

   أمثلة

   "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.

7. Any passionate love for something.

   الاستعمال

   • معدود
   • غير معدود

8. Resemblances between biological populations, suggesting that they have a common origin, type or stock.

   الاستعمال

   • معدود
   • غير معدود

9. Structural resemblances between minerals; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin or type.

   الاستعمال

   • معدود
   • غير معدود

10. An attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bonds.

    الاستعمال

    • معدود
    • غير معدود

11. The attraction between an antibody and an antigen

    الاستعمال

    • معدود
    • غير معدود

12. A tendency to keep a task running on the same processor in a symmetric multiprocessing operating system to reduce the frequency of cache misses.

    الاستعمال

    • معدود
    • غير معدود

13. An automorphism of affine space.

    الاستعمال

    • معدود
    • غير معدود

اسم

1. (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   attractionattractive force

2. (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship

   الأضداد

   consanguinity

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   kinshipfamily relationshiprelationship

3. (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts

   مرادفات

   phylogenetic relation

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   kinshipfamily relationshiprelationship

   أمثلة

   in anatomical structure prehistoric man shows close affinity with modern humans

4. a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character

   مرادفات

   kinship

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   relation

   أمثلة

   found a natural affinity with the immigrants

   felt a deep kinship with the other students

   أمثلة إضافية (1)

   anthropology's kinship with the humanities

5. the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule

   مرادفات

   chemical attraction

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   force

   أمثلة

   basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk

6. inherent resemblance between persons or things

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   resemblance

7. a natural attraction or feeling of kinship

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   attractionattractiveness

   أمثلة

   an affinity for politics

   the mysterious affinity between them

   أمثلة إضافية (1)

   James's affinity with Sam