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Affinity logo #10101) Attraction 2) Chemical attraction 3) English historical novel 4) English rock music group 5) English society 6) Force 7) French word used in English 8) Kinship 9) Natural attraction 10) Not a blood relationship
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Affinity logo #10101) Kindred 2) Kinship 3) Propensity 4) Rapport 5) Relation 6) Relationship 7) Similarity 8) Steprelationship
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Affinity logo #21002• (n.) Kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages. • (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 relations...
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affinity logo #21005(L. affinitas relationship) 1. inherent likeness or relationship. 2. a special attraction for a specific element, organ, or structure. 3. chemical affinity; the force that binds atoms in molecules; the tendency of substances to combine by chemical reaction. 4. the strength of noncovalent chemical binding between two substances as measured by the......
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Affinity logo #20600A conversion figure between the base audience rating and the target audience rating. E.g. An index of 126 for target audience Adults 15-34 against a base audience of Adults 15+ means 15-34s performed 26% better.
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affinity logo #21003(from the article `Australian Aborigine`) ...flouting of kinship conventions brought censure, since it threatened the social structure. Children were not bound by such rules and did not ... ...married pair will be separated from his or her more important kin of the family of orientation (i.e., the family with whom one is reared). If thi...
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affinity logo #21003(from the article `drug`) ...Receptor-mediated drug effects involve two distinct processes: binding, which is the formation of the drug-receptor complex, and receptor ...
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Affinity logo #20890 Affinity is the tendency of a molecule to associate with another. The affinity of a drug is its ability to bind to its biological target (receptor, enzyme, transport system, etc.) For pharmacological receptors it can be thought of as the frequency with which the drug, when brought into the proximity of a receptor by diffusion, will reside at a pos...
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Affinity logo #21439Affinity is the tendency of a molecule to associate with another. The affinity of a drug is its ability to bind to its biological target (receptor, enzyme, transport system, etc.) For pharmacological receptors it can be thought of as the frequency with which the drug, when brought into the proximity of a receptor by diffusion, will reside at a posi...
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affinity logo #209731. An inherent likeness or relationship. ... 2. A special attraction for a specific element, organ or structure. ... 3. <chemistry> The force that binds atoms in molecules, the tendency of substances to combine by chemical reaction. ... 4. The strength of noncovalent chemical binding between two substances as measured by the dissociation cons...
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affinity logo #21001(ә-fin´ĭ-te) attraction; a tendency to seek out or unite with another object or substance. in chemistry, the tendency of two substances to form strong or weak chemical bonds forming molecules or complexes. in immunology, the thermodynamic bond strength of an antigen-antibody complex.
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Affinity logo #21016A measure of the binding constant of a single antigen combining site with a monovalent antigenic determinant.
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Affinity logo #20972Af·fin'i·ty noun ; plural Affinities [ Old French afinité , French affinité , Latin affinites , from affinis . See Affined .] 1. Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husba...
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Affinity logo #22487A plant or part closely related to another or much resembling it in structure.
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affinity logo #20001 close connection relationship 
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affinity logo #21219(A) Type: Term Pronunciation: ă-fin′i-tē Definitions: 1. In chemistry, the force that impels certain atoms or molecules to bind to or unite with certain other atoms or molecules to form complexes or compounds; chemical attraction. 2. Selective staining of a tissue by a dye or the selective uptake of a dye, chemical, or other ...
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affinity logo #23034(intrinsic affinity) The strength of binding (affinity constant) between a receptor (e.g., one antigen-binding site on an antibody) and a ligand (e.g., epitope on an antigen).
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affinity logo #21009affinity (uh FIN uh tee) affinity (uh FIN uh tee) 1. Natural liking, partiality, fancy, liking, fondness; leaning, bent, proclivity, propensity, sympathy, rapport: 'Many classical musicians have an affinity for jazz.' 2. Family resemblance, similarity, likeness, parallelism, homology; relation, connection, compatibility: 'There is a close ...
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affinity logo #23421[Othello] (48) kinship; family.
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affinity logo #20974 noun the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule; `basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk`
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affinity logo #21221(chemistry) In chemistry, the force of attraction (see bond) between atoms that helps to keep them in combination in a molecule. The term is also applied to attraction between molecules, such as those of biochemical significance (for example, between enzymes and substrate molecules). This is t...
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affinity logo #21221(law) In law, relationship by marriage not blood (for example, between a husband and his wife's blood relatives, between a wife and her husband's blood relatives, or between step-parent and stepchild), which may legally preclude their marriage. It is distinguished from consanguinit...
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affinity logo #23665[SAT terms] a close connection marked by community of interests
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affinity logo #23665[Difficult words] a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
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affinity logo #23665[Obscure words] a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
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