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Definition of afinidade in Portuguese English dictionary
- affinity
This case has an affinity with that one.
-Esse caso tem uma afinidade com aquele.
- Any passionate love for something
- A family relationship through marriage of a relative, as opposed to consanguinity. (e.g. sister-in-law)
- The fact of and manner in which something is related to another
A “signature” was placed on all things by God to indicate their affinities — but it was hidden, hence the search for arcane knowledge. Knowing was guessing and interpreting, not observing or demonstrating.
- An attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bonds
- A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing
- {n} kindred, relation by marriage, likeness, tendency to combine or unite
- A kinsman or kinswoman of such relationship. Affinal kinsman or kinswoman
- Any romantic relationship
- {i} attraction; closeness; liking; likeness
- If you have an affinity with someone or something, you feel that you are similar to them or that you know and understand them very well. He has a close affinity with the landscape he knew when he was growing up
- Companionship; acquaintance
- (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts; "in anatomical structure prehistoric man shows close affinity with modern humans"
- inherent resemblance between persons or things the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule; "basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk"
- kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship
- The attraction between an antibody and an antigen
- 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
- (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character; "found a natural affinity with the immigrants"; "felt a deep kinship with the other students"; "anthropology's kinship with the humanities"