āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
Affinity
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āĻāϤā§āĻŽā§āϝāĻŧāϤāĻž, āĻāϤā§āĻŽā§āϝāĻŧāϤāĻž
the strength of attraction between an antigen and an antibody
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
High-affinity binding increases the immune response.
āĻāĻā§āĻ āĻāϤā§āĻŽā§āϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻŦāύā§āϧāύ āĻ
āύāĻžāĻā§āϰāĻŽā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
02
āϏāĻžāĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ, āĻāϤā§āĻŽā§āϝāĻŧāϤāĻž
an inherent resemblance or similarity between persons, things, or ideas
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
There is an affinity between classical music and mathematics.
āĻļāĻžāϏā§āϤā§āϰā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻŖāĻŋāϤā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āϏāĻžāĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻšāĻžāύā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ
a strong and natural liking or sympathy toward someone or something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His affinity for animals led him to volunteer at the local shelter every weekend.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāϤā§āĻŽā§āϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšāĻžāύā§āϤ⧠āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻļā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§ āϏā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāϏā§āĻŦāĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āύā§āϤā§āϤā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
04
āĻāĻāϰā§āώāĻŖ, āϰāĻžāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāϰā§āώāĻŖ
(in chemistry) the force attracting atoms to each other, resulting in bond formation within molecules
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Chemical affinity drives the reaction to form the compound.
āϰāĻžāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāϰā§āώāĻŖ āϝā§āĻ āĻāĻ āύā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻžāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
05
āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϰ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§ āĻāϤā§āĻŽā§āϝāĻŧāϤāĻž
(in anthropology) a relationship or kinship established through marriage or adoption rather than by blood
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Anthropologists distinguish between consanguinity and affinity.
āύā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāύā§āϰāĻž āϰāĻā§āϤā§āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻ āĻāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻĨāĻā§āϝ āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
06
āϏāĻžāĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ, āĻāϤā§āĻŽā§āϝāĻŧāϤāĻž
(in biology) the degree of relationship between organisms or groups, often shown by structural or genetic resemblance
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Affinity in skeletal structures indicates common ancestry.
āϏāĻžāĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāϞ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āώ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āĻļ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
07
āϏāĻžāĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāϰā§āώāĻŖ
a close connection or natural attraction marked by shared interests, feelings, or character
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Literary critics often show affinity for certain genres.
āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤā§āϝ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞā§āĻāĻāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāĻ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āϧāĻžāϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻāϤā§āĻŽā§āϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāύāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
affinity
affine
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