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affinity noun

  /əˈfɪnɪti/
  • A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.
 affiniteit, welgezindheid
  • A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister).
  • (chemistry) An attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bonds.
  • (medicine) The attraction between an antibody and an antigen
 affiniteit

affined

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affine adjective

  /əˈfaɪn/
  • (not comparable, geometry) Of or pertaining to a function expressible as f(\vec x)= A \vec x + \vec b (where A is a linear transformation and \vec b is a constant), which, regarded as a transformation, maps parallel lines to parallel lines and finite points to finite points.
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