afinitas

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin affinitās.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [afiˈnitas]
  • Hyphenation: afi‧ni‧tas

Noun

afinitas (plural afinitas-afinitas)

  1. affinity:
    1. a natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing
    2. (chemistry) an attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bonds
    3. (immunology) the attraction between an antibody and an antigen

Derived terms

  • afinitas elektron
  • afinitas kladistika
  • afinitas mutlak
  • afinitas patristik

Further reading

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