Affinity

Definitions: Affinity

Affinity

Noun

1. The force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule: "basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk".

2. (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody.

3. Kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship.

4. (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts: "in anatomical structure prehistoric man shows close affinity with modern humans".

5. A close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character: "found a natural affinity with the immigrants"; "felt a deep kinship with the other students"; "anthropology's kinship with the humanities".

6. Inherent resemblance between persons or things.

7. A natural attraction or feeling of kinship: "an affinity for politics"; "the mysterious affinity between them"; "James's affinity with Sam".

Date "affinity" was first used: sometime around 1303. (references)

Domain	Definitions
19th Century Satire	Complimentary term for your husband or your wife. Sometimes a synonym for "Your finish." Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904.
Bible	Affinity relationship by alliance (2 Chr. 18:1) or by marriage (1 Kings 3:1). Marriages are prohibited within certain degrees of affinity, enumerated Lev. 18:6-17. Consanguinity is relationship by blood. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Food & Agriculture	Anatomical and physiological harmony necessary between two vines to enable them to be successfully united by grafting. Source: European Union. (references)
Health	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 dissociation constant of the complex. 5. in immunology, a thermodynamic expression of the strength of interaction between a single antigen-binding site and a single antigenic determinant (and thus of the stereochemical compatibility between them), most accurately applied to interactions among simple, uniform antigenic determinants such as haptens. Expressed as the association constant (K litres mole -1), which, owing to the heterogeneity of affinities in a population of antibody molecules of a given specificity, actually represents an average value (mean intrinsic association constant). 6. the reciprocal of the dissociation constant. (references)
Industry	The quantitative expression of substantivity. It is the difference between the chemical potential of the dye in its standard state in the fibre and the corresponding chemical potential in the dyebath. Source: European Union. (references)
Mathematics	A measure of divergence or distance between two statistical populations. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	In ion exchange, relative strength of attachment of competing ions foranchorage on a resin. (references)
Public Administration	1)Chemistry:the tendency or propensity of a chemical substance to combine selectively with another, under certain conditions, thus either enhancing its effect or rendering it more toxic;2)Sociology:the feeling of a positive relationship between certain individuals or communities. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

From an old 1911 Encyclopedia

Affinity (Lat. affinitas, relationship by marriage, from affinis, bordering on, related to; finis, border, boundary), in law, as distinguished from consanguinity, the term applied to the relation which each party to a marriage, the husband and wife, bears to the kindred of the other. Affinity is usually described as of three kinds. (1) Direct: that relationship which subsists between the husband and his wife's relations by blood or between the wife and the husband's relations by blood. The marriage having made them one person, the blood relations of each are held as related by affinity in the same degree to the one spouse as by consanguinity to the other. But the relation is only with the married parties themselves, and does not bring those in affinity with them in affinity with each other; so a wife's sister has no affinity to her husband's brother. This is Secondary affinity. Collateral affinity is the relationship subsisting between the husband and the relations of his wife's relations.

The subject is chiefly important from the matrimonial prohibitions by which the canon law has restricted relations by affinity. Taking the table of degrees within which marriage is prohibited on account of consanguinity, the rule has been thus extended to affinity, so that wherever relationship to a man himself would be a bar to marriage, relationship to his deceased wife will be the same bar, and vice versa on the husband's decease.

Briefly, direct affinity is a bar to marriage. This rule has been founded chiefly on interpretations of the eighteenth chapter of Leviticus. Formerly by law in England, marriages within the degrees of affinity were not absolutely null, but they were liable to be annulled by ecclesiastical process during the lives of both parties; in other words, the incapacity was only a canonical, not a civil, disability. By the Marriage Act 1835 all marriages of this kind not disputed before the passing of the act were declared absolutely valid, while all subsequent to it were declared null. This rendered null in England, and not merely voidable, a marriage with a deceased wife's sister or niece. (See Consanguinity; Marriage.)

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
AFP	English	Affinity fingerprinting	Chemistry
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Affinity

Synonyms: chemical attraction (n), kinship (n), kinship by marriage (n), phylogenetic relation (n). (additional references)

Antonym: consanguinity (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Relation	Noun: relation, bearing, reference, connection, concern,. cognation; correlation; analogy; similarity; affinity, homology, alliance, homogeneity, association; approximation; (nearness); filiation; (consanguinity); interest; relevancy; dependency, relationship, relative position.
Similarity	Noun: similarity, resemblance, likeness, similitude, semblance; affinity, approximation, parallelism; agreement; analogy, analogicalness; correspondence, homoiousia, parity.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	But I have an affinity for all cultures. (Fled; writing credit: Preston A. Whitmore II)
Movie/TV Titles	Affinity (1967) His Egyptian Affinity (1915) Auntie's Affinity (1913) The Slavey's Affinity (1911) An Affinity with Dr. Still (1979)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	Affinity Internet Holdings PLC: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Affinity Technology Group, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Real Affinity PLC: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	"Primitivism" in 20th Century Art: Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern (reference) Affinity (reference) Affinity and Loyalty Cards [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) AFFINITY TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference) Immobilized Affinity Ligand Techniques (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Affinity (reference) (more periodical examples) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Affinity 5250pci Adapt & S/w Visilink for Win 5250 Emul (reference) Perle Specialex Affinity 5250 Emul PCI Adapt -100% IBM Compatible (reference) Affinity 5250 TCP/IP Over Twinax (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Positive identification of the bacillus may be facilitated through the application of DFA stain and its affinity for the Y. pestis' capsular antigen.Credit: CDC.		The poliovirus has an affinity for the anterior horn motor neurons of the cervical and lumbar regions of the spinal cord. Death of these cells causes muscle weakness of those muscles once innervated by the now dead neurons.Credit: CDC.
	The poliovirus has an affinity for the anterior horn motor neurons of the cervical and lumbar regions of the spinal cord. Death of these cells causes muscle weakness of those muscles once innervated by the now dead neurons.Credit: CDC.		The poliovirus has an affinity for the anterior horn motor neurons of the cervical and lumbar regions of the spinal cord. Death of these cells causes muscle weakness of those muscles once innervated by the now dead neurons.Credit: CDC.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	In them we lay our finger upon a mysterious affinity between public men and public women.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The group was searching for novel nuclear receptor proteins and found a new receptor that had a high affinity for binding estrogen. (references)
		Although xenobiotic hormones normally have a much lower binding affinity than the body's own natural estrogen, exposure to combinations of some chemical mixtures may cause a dramatic rise in estrogenic activity. (references)
		This guideline had been based on calculations that suggested that oxygen availability to tissues and organs might be impaired when the hemoglobin value decreased to less than 10 g/dL. However, these calculations rarely included appropriate corrections for cardiac output, oxygen extraction, or alterations in the hemoglobin affinity for oxygen. (references)
Business		The main reason for the government's affinity for nuclear power is simple, uranium supplies (for which the country has three year's worth in reserves) are cheaper to import than are oil, gas, and coal. If Korea expands upon nuclear power generation, then it can decrease its dependency upon other countries for fossil resources. (references)
Economic History	Israel	Israel is our best market in the Middle East, with a distinct affinity for US made products. (references)
	Guyana	In addition, Guyana's high affinity for U.S. products represents a nascent market for U.S. consumer goods. (references)
	Nigeria	Nigerians are very positively disposed toward the United States and have a strong affinity for U.S. products. (references)
Political Rights	Saudi Arabia	Communication between citizens and the Government usually is expressed through client-patron relationships and by affinity groups such as tribes, families, and professional hierarchies. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Affinity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.70% of the time. "Affinity" is used about 658 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	99.7%	656	9,979
Noun (proper)	0.3%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	658	N/A

Country	Name	Country	Name
United Kingdom	Affinity Internet Holdings PLC	USA	Affinity Technology Group, Inc.
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Expressions using "affinity": affinity chromatography ♦ affinity group charter ♦ affinity group fare ♦ Affinity Labels ♦ Antibody Affinity ♦ attraction or affinity ♦ chemical affinity ♦ Elective affinity ♦ feeling of affinity ♦ paraffin little affinity series ♦ prorata affinity group charter ♦ spiritual affinity. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "affinity": affinity-chromatography, affinity-pure, affinity-purified.
	Ending with "affinity": dna-affinity, low-affinity.
	Containing "affinity": non-affinity group.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "affinity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		affiniteit, verwantskapsbetrekking (affiliation, blood-relationship, relationship), verwantskap (affiliation, blood-relationship, relationship), naverwantskap (affiliation, blood-relationship, relationship). (various references)

Albanian		afri (alliance, chemistry, cognation, congeniality), afinitet, tërheqje (allurement, appeal, appetence, appetency, attraction, attractiveness, crush, draw, drawing, enchantment, enticement, haul, jerk, lure, magnetization, pull, pullback, recall, recession, recoil, retirement, retraction, retreat, revocation, strain, stretch, tow, traction, tug, withdrawal), prirje (aptitude, bent, current, disposition, drift, flair, fondness, gift, habit, inclination, leaning, liability, mission, penchant, proclivity, propensity, run, set, taste, tendency, trend, vocation), lidhje (alliance, bandage, bearing, binding, bond, bracer, bracing, catena, communication, confederate, confederation, conjunction, connection, connexion, contact, cord, coupling, dressing, federation, join, joining, joint, knot, league, ligament, ligature, link, link up, linkage, nexus, rapport, regard, relation, relevance, relevancy, respect, seam, signalling, tap, tie, tie up, truss, tying), gjasim (identity, likeness, resemblance, sameness, similarity). (various references)

Arabic		‏مصاهرة (alliance), ‏قرابة (agnation, blood relationship, cognation, consanguinity, kindred, relationship), ‏الانجذاب, ‏الألفة, ‏شبه (assimilate, compare, comparison, feature, imagine, like, liken, likeness, parallelism, propinquity, quasi-, resemblance, resemble, resole, sameness, semblance, similarity, similitude, take after). (various references)

Bulgarian		сродство (appetence, appetency, kindred, kinship, relationship), сходство (agreement, analogy, comparison, congeniality, congruence, convergence, likeness, resemblance, sameness, similarity), родство (alliance, blood, filiation, kin, kinship, propinquity, relation, relationship, vicinity), влечение (call, calling, inclination, vein, vocation, weakness), некръвна родствена връзка, афинитет (appetence, appetency), прилика (conformity, kindred, kinship, likeness, parallelism, parity, propinquity, resemblance, similarity, similitude). (various references)

Chinese		亲合力 (Affinities), 姻親 (in-laws). (various references)

Czech		afinita, sympatie (feeling, sympathy), spříznìní, sluèivost. (various references)

Danish		affinitet. (various references)

Dutch		affiniteit, verwantschap (affiliation, blood-relationship, relationship). (various references)

Esperanto		afineco. (various references)

Farsi		پیوستگی (Bond, Coalition, Cohesion, Continuity, Incorporation, Joinder, Juncture, Union, Unity, Zygosis), نزدیکی (Accession, Adjacency, Approximation, Contiguity, Propinquity, Proximity, Rapprochement, Verge, Vicinity), قوم وخویش سببی , وابستگی (Coherency, Contiguity, Dependence, Interdependence, Kindred, Pertinence, Relationship). (various references)

Finnish		avioliittoon perustuva sukulaisuus, affiniteetti, affiinisuus, yhteensopivuus (compatibility, goodness of fit), yhteenkuuluvaisuuden tunne, sitoutumispyrkimys, lankous. (various references)

French		affinité. (various references)

Frisian		sibskip (affiliation, blood-relationship, relationship). (various references)

German		Verwandtschaft (affiliation, blood-relationship, family, kin, kindred, kinfolk, kinsfolk, kinship, relatedness, relation, relations, relationship, relatives), Affinität. (various references)

Greek		έλξη (attraction, draw, forward thrust, lure, pull, pulling, sledging, sleighing, thrust, traction, tractive effort), συγγένεια (blood, connection, kin, kindred, kinship, propinquity, relatedness, relation, relationship, relationship with), συνάφεια (adhesion, adhesiveness, bond, bonding, chaining, coherence, connection, context, contiguity, contingency, continuity, linking, nexus, object, related cases, relevance, relevancy, sticking property, the state in which two surfaces are held together by interfacial forces which may consist of valence forces). (various references)

Hawaiian		afinitet. (various references)

Hebrew		קרבות (closeness, frienship, nearness, proximity, relationship), קרב�" (closeness, community, familiarity, kinship, neighbourhood, propinquity, proximity, relation, vicinity), זיק�" (attachment, bond, link, linkage, linking, rapport, relation, spark, sympathy, tie), אפי� ות, כמי�"ות (longing, tropism). (various references)

Hungarian		vonzódás (attraction, liking), rokoni viszony (cousinhood, cousinship), rokonság (belongings, cousinhood, kin, kindred, kinsfolk, kinship, kith and kin, relationship), affinitás. (various references)

Indonesian		tertarik, daya tarik (glamour, gravity, traction). (various references)

Italian		parentela (affiliation, blood-relationship, kin, kindred, kinfolk, kinship, relatedness, relationship), parentado (affiliation, blood-relationship, clan, relations, relationship, relatives), affinit� (analogy, kindred, kinship). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		親近感 , 親�'�力 , 親�'�性 , 類縁 (family relationship), 相性 (compatibility), 相い性 (compatibility), �"�縁 (acquaintance, reason, relation), 縁故 (connection, relation), 姻戚 (relative by marriage), 合性 (compatibility), 合い性 (compatibility). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		し�"き�"か�", し�"わせい, し�"わりょく, い�"せき (meteorite, relative by marriage, taking responsibility), あいしょう (compatibility, fondness for singing, grief, love of reading, pet name, prostitute, sorrow), ゆえ�" (acquaintance, cause, grounds, lamp soot, reason, relation, way of doing), るいえ�" (family relationship), え�"�" (arc, connection, relation, saltlake). (various references)

Korean		친�"� � (Affinities). (various references)

Manx		cosoyley (analogy, instance, semblance, simile, symbol, symbolism), cleuinys (family connection, relationship by marriage). (various references)

Pig Latin		affinityay

Portuguese		afinidade (connection, connexion, kinship, propinquity, relationship), parentesco (affiliation, alliance, birth, blood, brood, connection, connexion, kin, kindred, king, kinship, parentage, relationship, tie). (various references)

Romanian		afinitate (analogy, congeniality, resemblance, similarity), înrudire (cognation, congeniality, kindred, kinship, propinquity, relationship, similarity). (various references)

Russian		сходство (affinities, alikeness, analogy, congeniality, kinship, resemblance, sameness, semblance, similarities, similarity, similitude, simulitude). (various references)

Scottish		d� imh (relationship), cleamhnas (or relationship by marriage). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		srodstvo (kinship, relation, relationship), sklonost (bent, bias, calling, fancy, fondness, inclination, leaning, liking, penchant, proclivity, propensity, taste, tendency), rodbina (folk, In law, kin, kindred, kinfolk, kinsfolk, relatives). (various references)

Spanish		afinidad (appetence, appetency, kinship, propinquity, relationship). (various references)

Swedish		släktskap (affiliation, alliance, blood-relationship, consanguinity, filiation, kin, kindred, kinship, relationship), affinitet. (various references)

Turkish		akrabalık (agnation, alliance, blood, blood relation, connection, consanguinity, kindred, kinship, propinquity, proximity of blood, relation, relationship), yakınlık (adjacency, approximation, closeness, connection, connexion, contiguity, familiarity, immediacy, imminence, intimacy, kinship, nearness, propinquity, proximity, relationship, terms), ilişki (affair, affaire, bond, commerce, connection, connexion, contact, copulation, corelate, correlate, correlation, daughter, dealing, dealings, gallantry, intercourse, interrelation, involvement, it, liaison, noose, rapport, reference, regard, relation, relationship, relevance, relevancy, sexual intercourse, truck), ilgi (attachment, attention, bearing, care, concern, connection, connexion, curiosity, interest, involvement, liking, pertinence, reference, regard, relation, relationship, relativeness, relevance, relevancy, respect, solicitude, sympathies, sympathy, thought), dünürlük (alliance), birleşme eğilimi, benzerlik (analogy, approach, community, comparison, conformity, congeniality, identity, kinship, likeness, mimicry, parallel, parallelism, parity, propinquity, resemblance, sameness, similar, similarity, similitude), benzeşme (assimilation, correspondence, similitude, simulation), çekicilik (allurement, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, charisma, charm, comeliness, desirability, fascination, gilt, glamor, glamour, it, oomph, pull, romance, seduction, sex appeal, sexiness, witchery). (various references)

Ukranian		схожість (analogy, appetency, comparison, likeness, propinquity, resemblance, sameness, similarity, similitude), спорідненість (alliance, congeniality, consanguinity, filiation, kin, kinship, relationship, sib), рідня (alliance, connection, connexion, kin, kinfolk, sib), родова схожість, родичі (belongings), кревність (propinquity), вза�"мна прихильність, близкість (association, intimacy, kinship), привабливість (amiability, appeal, appealingness, attraction, attractiveness, beauty, buxomness, charm, grace, loveliness, magnetism, pull, relish), потяг (appeal, appetence, appetency, appetite, likes, would). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự lôi cuốn (allurement, attraction, attractiveness, catchiness), sự hấp dẫn (attraction, attractiveness, gravitation, gravity, magnetization), quan hệ thân thuộc với họ nh� ch�"ng sự thu hút, mối quan hệ (connection, connexion, nexus, relation, relationship), cây cỏ (vegetal, vegetation, wort). (various references)

Welsh		tras (kindred), tebygrwydd (likeness, resemblance), cyfathrach (alliance, intercourse). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	affinis, coniunctione, coniunctiones, necessitudine, societas, societate, societatem, societatis. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	2 Chronicles Chapter 18, Verse 1
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai egenhqh tw iwsafat eti ploutoV kai doxa pollh kai epegambreusato en oikw acaab
Latin	405	Vulgate	Fuit ergo Iosaphat dives et inclitus multum et adfinitate coniunctus est Ahab
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Josaphath thanne was ryche and myche glorious, and in affynite ioyned is to Achab.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Now Jehoshaphat had great wealth and honour, and his son was married to Ahab's daughter.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	2 Chronicles Chapter 18, Verse 1
Bulgarian	А Иосафат имаше богатство и голяма слава; и направи сватовщина с Ахава.
Cebuano	¶ Karon si Josaphat may mga bahandi ug kadungganan sa madagayaon gayud; ug siya nakighiusa kang Achab.
Chinese	約沙法大有尊榮貲財、就與亞 �"� 結親。
Croatian	Jošafat je stekao veliko bogatstvo i slavu te se sprijateljio s Ahabom.
Danish	Da Josafat havde vundet stor Rigdom og Hæder, besvogrede han sig med Akab.
Dutch	Josafat nu had rijkdom en eer in overvloed; en hij verzwagerde zich aan Achab.
Finnish	Niin Joosafatille tuli paljon rikkautta ja kunniaa, ja hän lankoutui Ahabin kanssa.
French	Josaphat eut en abondance des richesses et de la gloire, et il s`allia par mariage avec Achab.
German	Und Josaphat hatte große Reichtümer und Ehre und verschwägerte sich mit Ahab.
Haitian Creole	¶ Jozafa te vin gen anpil richès, tout moun t'ap fè lwanj pou li. Li ranje yon maryaj ant yon moun nan fanmi l' ak yon moun nan fanmi Akab, wa peyi Izrayèl la.
Hungarian	Jósafátnak nagy gazdagsága és dicsõsége vala. Õ sógorságot szerze Akhábbal.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Ketika Yosafat raja Yehuda sudah kaya dan termasyhur, ia mengawinkan seorang anggota keluarganya dengan seorang anggota keluarga Ahab raja Israel.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Bermula, maka pada raja Yosafat adalah kekayaan dan kemuliaan dengan kelimpahannya, maka bagindapun menjadi menantu kepada raja Akhab.
Italian	Giòsafat, che aveva ricchezza e gloria in abbondanza, si imparentò con Acab.
Korean	여 호 사 밧 이 부 귀 와 영 광 이 극 하 였 � 아 합 으 로 �" 불 어 연 혼 하 였 �" 라
Maori	¶ Heoi nui atu nga taonga me te kororia o Iehohapata; a i piri ano raua ko Ahapa i te ara pakuwha.
Norwegian	Josafat inngår svogerskap med den ugudelige Akab, gjester ham og lar sig overtale til å dra i krig sammen med ham, 1-3. Han vil dog først spørre Herren, men er ikke tilfreds med Akabs profeter. Derfor blir Mika hentet; han spår anderledes og fraråder krigen, men kongene drar dog mot syrerne, 4-28. Josafat kommer i fare, roper til Herren og frelses; Akab omkommer, 29-34.
Portuguese	Tinha, pois, Jeosafá riquezas e glória em abundância, e aparentou-se com Acabe.
Rumanian	Iosafat a avut bogqyii wi slavq din belwug, wi s`a kncuscrit cu Ahab.
Russian	й �'ЩМП Х йПУБЖБФБ НОПЗП �'ПЗБФУФЧБ Й УМБЧЩ; Й � ПТП�"ОЙМУС ПО У бИБЧПН.
Spanish	Josafat tenía riquezas y gloria en abundancia, y emparentó con Acab.
Swedish	Ahabs och Josafats tåg mot Aram. Ahabs död.
Thai	ฝ่ายเยโฮชาฟัททรงมีทรัพย์มั่งคั่งและเกียรติใหญ่ยิ่ง และพระองค์ทรงกระทำให้เป็นทองแผ่นเ�"ียวกันกับอาหับ
Ukrainian	¶ І було в Йосафата багато багатства та слави, і він посвоячився з Ахавом.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings
	"Affinity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: affiants, affina, affinely, affinit, affinty, afinit, afinity, effinity, finity, Raffanti. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "affinity" (pronounced ufi"nutē)
6	-f i" n u t ē	infinity.
5	-i" n u t ē	alkalinity, divinity, femininity, masculinity, salinity, Trinity, vicinity, virginity.
4	-n u t ē	amenity, community, dignity, disunity, eternity, fraternity, humanity, immunity, impunity, indemnity, indignity, inhumanity, insanity, maternity, modernity, obscenity, opportunity, paternity, profanity, sanity, serenity, solemnity, unity, vanity.
3	-u t ē	ability, abnormality, absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alacrity, ambiguity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, captivity, causality, cavity, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, density, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, diversity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, ethnicity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, ferocity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indestructibility, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, insecurity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, materiality, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, necessity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, originality, overcapacity, oversensitivity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, passivity, paucity, peculiarity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, pomposity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, sanctity, scarcity, seasonality, security, selectivity, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, severity, sexuality, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, uniformity, universality, university, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, venality, veracity, Verity, versatility, viability, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulgarity, vulnerability.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-f-f-i-i-n-t-y"
	-1 letter: tiffany.
	-2 letters: tiffin.
	-3 letters: faint, fifty, nifty, taffy.
	-4 letters: anti, ayin, fain, fiat, iffy, inia, inti, naif, tain, tiff, tiny, tyin, yaff.
	-5 letters: aff, aft, ain, ait, ani, ant, any, fan, fat, fay, fin, fit, iff, nay, nit, tan, tin, yin.
	Words containing the letters "a-f-f-i-i-n-t-y"
	+4 letters: ineffability.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 66 66 69 6E 69 74 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

⁼

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.- ..-. ..-. .. -. .. - -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01100110 01100110 01101001 01101110 01101001 01110100 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#102 &#102 &#105 &#110 &#105 &#116 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0066 0066 0069 006E 0069 0074 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day
affinity	268
affinity federal credit union	207
affinity plus	163
affinity credit union	101
affinity plus credit union	76
affinity plus federal credit union	60
affinity card	60
affinity club golf	41
affinity health plan	40
affinity diamond	40
affinity golf	38
affinity group	36
affinity chromatography	28
affinity bank	26
affinity health	25
affinity diagram	24
affinity fcu	24
affinity health care	23
affinity mortgage	21
affinity program	20
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Affinity

Definitions: Affinity

Affinity

Noun

Specialty Definitions: Affinity

Specialty Definition: Affinity

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Affinity

Synonyms: Affinity

Synonyms within Context: Affinity

Relation

Similarity

Crosswords: Affinity

Modern Usage: Affinity

Screenplays

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References

Books

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High Tech

Photo Album: Affinity

Use in Literature: Affinity

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Non-Fiction Usage: Affinity

Usage Frequency: Affinity

Usage in Company Names: Affinity

Affinity Internet Holdings PLC

Affinity Technology Group, Inc.

Expressions: Affinity

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Affinity

affinity

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affinity plus

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