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/ɐfˈÉĒnÉĒti/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "affinity"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽā§€āϝāĻŧāϤāĻž, āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽā§€āϝāĻŧāϤāĻž

the strength of attraction between an antigen and an antibody
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
High-affinity binding increases the immune response.
āωāĻšā§āϚ āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽā§€āϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāύ āĻ…āύāĻžāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏāĻžāĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ, āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽā§€āϝāĻŧāϤāĻž

an inherent resemblance or similarity between persons, things, or ideas
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
There is an affinity between classical music and mathematics.
āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€āϤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ—āĻŖāĻŋāϤ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏāĻžāĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻšāĻžāύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋ

a strong and natural liking or sympathy toward someone or something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His affinity for animals led him to volunteer at the local shelter every weekend.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽā§€āϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āφāĻļā§āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻšā§āĻ›āĻžāϏ⧇āĻŦāĻ• āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ, āϰāĻžāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāĻ• āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ

(in chemistry) the force attracting atoms to each other, resulting in bond formation within molecules
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Chemical affinity drives the reaction to form the compound.
āϰāĻžāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāĻ• āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āϝ⧌āĻ— āĻ—āĻ āύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•, āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽā§€āϝāĻŧāϤāĻž

(in anthropology) a relationship or kinship established through marriage or adoption rather than by blood
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Anthropologists distinguish between consanguinity and affinity.
āύ⧃āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ⧀āϰāĻž āϰāĻ•ā§āϤ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϏāĻžāĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ, āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽā§€āϝāĻŧāϤāĻž

(in biology) the degree of relationship between organisms or groups, often shown by structural or genetic resemblance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Affinity in skeletal structures indicates common ancestry.
āϏāĻžāĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ āĻ•āĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§‹āϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻĒ⧁āϰ⧁āώ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏāĻžāĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ

a close connection or natural attraction marked by shared interests, feelings, or character
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Literary critics often show affinity for certain genres.
āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āϧāĻžāϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽā§€āϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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