Meaning of Affinity

English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Affinity

1. 1
   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 relationship by blood; -- followed by with, to, or between.

2. 2
   n.

   Kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages.

3. 3
   n.

   Companionship; acquaintance.

4. 4
   n.

   That attraction which takes place, at an insensible distance, between the heterogeneous particles of bodies, and unites them to form chemical compounds; chemism; chemical or elective affinity or attraction.

5. 5
   n.

   A relation between species or highe/ groups dependent on resemblance in the whole plan of structure, and indicating community of origin.

6. 6
   n.

   A superior spiritual relationship or attraction held to exist sometimes between persons, esp. persons of the opposite sex; also, the man or woman who exerts such psychical or spiritual attraction.

7. 7
   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 relationship by blood; -- followed by with, to, or between.

8. 8
   n.

   Kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages.

9. 9
   n.

   Companionship; acquaintance.

10. 10
    n.

    That attraction which takes place, at an insensible distance, between the heterogeneous particles of bodies, and unites them to form chemical compounds; chemism; chemical or elective affinity or attraction.

11. 11
    n.

    A relation between species or highe/ groups dependent on resemblance in the whole plan of structure, and indicating community of origin.

12. 12
    n.

    A superior spiritual relationship or attraction held to exist sometimes between persons, esp. persons of the opposite sex; also, the man or woman who exerts such psychical or spiritual attraction.