1. Ähnlichkeit nicht verwandter Sprachen.
2. in der Geometrie eine Abbildung, die Geraden oder Ebenen wieder in Geraden oder Ebenen überführt, weil jedem Punkt P umkehrbar eindeutig ein Punkt P' entspricht.
3. Grad der Eigenschaft chem. Elemente oder Verbindungen, miteinander zu reagieren. (lat.)
Chemie: Maß für die Neigung der Elemente, miteinander zu reagieren.
ETYM Old Fren. afinité, French affinité, Latin affinites, from affinis. Related to Affined.
Close relationship; attraction; resemblance; Law, relationship by marriage; Chemistry, force causing elements to combine.
1. A natural attraction or feeling of kinship:.
2. Inherent resemblance between persons or things.
3. A close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character; SYN. kinship.
4. The force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule; SYN. chemical attraction.
5. (Immunology) The attraction between an antigen and an antibody.
6. (Biology) State of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts: SYN. phylogenetic relation.