affinity — Dizionario inglese

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

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   kindred

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

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

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

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   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.

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6. A love interest; a paramour.

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   "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.

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

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

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

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11. The attraction between an antibody and an antigen

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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.

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13. An automorphism of affine space.

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Sostantivo

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

   Termini più generali

   attractionattractive force

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

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   consanguinity

   Termini più generali

   kinshipfamily relationshiprelationship

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

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   phylogenetic relation

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   kinshipfamily relationshiprelationship

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   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

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   kinship

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   relation

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   found a natural affinity with the immigrants

   felt a deep kinship with the other students

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   anthropology's kinship with the humanities

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

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   chemical attraction

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   force

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   basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk

6. inherent resemblance between persons or things

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   resemblance

7. a natural attraction or feeling of kinship

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   attractionattractiveness

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   an affinity for politics

   the mysterious affinity between them

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   James's affinity with Sam