Affinity word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "affinity" word

[noun] inherent resemblance between persons or things
[noun] a natural attraction or feeling of kinship; "an affinity for politics"; "the mysterious affinity between them"; "James's affinity with Sam"
[noun] the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule; "basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk"
[noun] (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody
[noun] 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"
[noun] (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"
[noun] kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship

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\Af*fin"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Affinities}. [OF. afinit['e], F. affinit['e], L. affinites, fr. affinis. See {Affined}.] 1. Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); -- in contradistinction to consanguinity, or relationship by blood; -- followed by with, to, or between. Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh. --1 Kings iii. 1. 2. Kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages. There is a close affinity between imposture and credulity. --Sir G. C. Lewis. 2. Companionship; acquaintance. [Obs.] About forty years past, I began a happy affinity with William Cranmer. --Burton. 4. (Chem.) That attraction which takes place, at an insensible distance, between the heterogeneous particles of bodies, and unites them to form chemical compounds; chemism; chemical or elective affinity or attraction. 5. (Nat. Hist.) A relation between species or highe? groups dependent on resemblance in the whole plan of structure, and indicating community of origin. 6. (Spiritualism) A superior spiritual relationship or attraction held to exist sometimes between persons, esp. persons of the opposite sex; also, the man or woman who exerts such psychical or spiritual attraction.

Synonyms for affinity

chemical attraction, kinship, kinship by marriage, phylogenetic relation

Antonyms: blood kinship, cognation, consanguinity

Related terms: accordance, agape, aptitude, a thing for, attraction, attractiveness, attractivity, brotherly love, charity, chumminess, comparison, connaturalness, correspondence, diathesis, esprit de corps, family favor, filiation, frictionlessness, gravity, preference, proximity, relations, semblance, susceptibility, symphony, timing, traction, twist, uniformity, unity

The fun area, different aproach to word »affinity«

Let's analyse "affinity" as pure text. This string has Eight letters in Four syllables and Three vowels (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 37.5% of vowels is 1.1% less then average English word. Written in backwards: YTINIFFA. Average typing speed for these characters is 2225 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: .- ..-. ..-. .. -. .. - -.--

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: affinity: 1 + 9 + 9 = 19, reduced: 1 (or 8 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is One.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: affinity: 1 + 6 + 6 + 9 + 5 + 9 + 2 + 7 = 45, reduced: 9, and the final result is Nine.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
F (2)	6	Lovers	Practical, Faithful, Organizer
I (2)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
N (1)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
T (1)	20	Judgement	Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful
Y (1)	25	Knight of Wands	Brave, Daring, Bold, Charismatic, Brash

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