Affinity
nounid
8592·updated May 18, 2026verified
in biology, state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts
polysemous
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- chemical attractionkinship
- plural
- Affinities
- possessive
- Affinity's
- pluralpossessive
- Affinities'
Framework definitions
- §1
- (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody
- §2
- a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character
- §3
- in biology, state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts
- §4
- (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption
- §5
- a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
- §6
- inherent resemblance between persons or things
- §7
- the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule
- §1 · legacy_primary
- in biology, state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural partsDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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