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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Noun
Pronunciation: /əˈfɪnɪti/

Definition 1:
• A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: kindred
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 2:
• A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister).
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 3:
• A kinsman or kinswoman of a such relationship; one who is affinal.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 4:
• The fact of and manner in which something is related to another.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 5:
• Any romantic relationship.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 6:
• A love interest; a paramour.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 7:
• Any passionate love for something.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 8:
• Resemblances between biological populations, suggesting that they have a common origin, type or stock.
Labels: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy, countable, uncountable

Definition 9:
• Structural resemblances between minerals; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin or type.
Labels: geography, geology, natural-sciences, countable, uncountable

Definition 10:
• An attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bonds.
Labels: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, countable, uncountable

Definition 11:
• The attraction between an antibody and an antigen
Labels: medicine, sciences, countable, uncountable

Definition 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.
Labels: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, countable, uncountable

Definition 13:
• An automorphism of affine space.
Labels: geometry, mathematics, sciences, countable, uncountable

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/affinity