Affinity vs. Kin

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Affinitynoun

A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.

Affinitynoun

A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister).

Affinitynoun

A kinsman or kinswoman of a such relationship; one who is affinal.

Affinitynoun

The fact of and manner in which something is related to another.

Affinitynoun

Any romantic relationship.

Affinitynoun

Any passionate love for something.

Affinitynoun

(taxonomy) resemblances between biological populations; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin, type or stock.

Affinitynoun

(geology) structural resemblances between minerals; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin or type.

Affinitynoun

(chemistry) An attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bonds

Affinitynoun

(medicine) The attraction between an antibody and an antigen

Affinitynoun

(computing) tendency to keep a task running on the same processor in a symmetric multiprocessing operating system to reduce the frequency of cache misses

Affinitynoun

(geometry) An automorphism of affine space.

Affinitynoun

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.

Affinitynoun

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

Affinitynoun

Companionship; acquaintance.

Affinitynoun

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.

Affinitynoun

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

Affinitynoun

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.

Affinitynoun

the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule;

Affinitynoun

(immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody

Affinitynoun

kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship

Affinitynoun

(biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts;

Affinitynoun

a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character;

Affinitynoun

inherent resemblance between persons or things

Affinitynoun

a natural attraction or feeling of kinship;

Kinnoun

Race; family; breed; kind.

Kinnoun

(collectively) Persons of the same race or family; kindred.

Kinnoun

One or more relatives, such as siblings or cousins, taken collectively.

Kinnoun

Relationship; same-bloodedness or affinity; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.

Kinnoun

Kind; sort; manner; way.

Kinadjective

Related by blood or marriage, akin. Generally used in "kin to".

Kinnoun

A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings.

Kinnoun

Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by birth or marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.

Kinnoun

Relatives; persons of the same family or race.

Kinnoun

The unit velocity in the C. G. S. system - a velocity of one centimeter per second.

Kinadjective

Of the same nature or kind; kinder.

Kinnoun

a person having kinship with another or others;

Kinnoun

group of people related by blood or marriage

Kinadjective

related by blood

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