affinity

1. n. 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. Source: opted

2. n. Kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages. Source: opted

3. n. Companionship; acquaintance. Source: opted

4. n. 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. Source: opted

5. n. A relation between species or highe/ groups dependent on resemblance in the whole plan of structure, and indicating community of origin. Source: opted

6. n. 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. Source: opted

7. n. (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody Source: wordnet

8. n. (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship Source: wordnet

9. n. (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts Source: wordnet

10. n. a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character Source: wordnet

11. n. the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule Source: wordnet

12. n. inherent resemblance between persons or things Source: wordnet

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