English-Thai Dictionary

affinity

N คนที่ น่า ดึงดูด  คนที่ น่ารัก  คนที่ น่าสนใจ  kon-ti-na-dueng-dud

 

affinity

N ความรู้สึก ชอบพอ  fondness liking sympathy kwam-ru-suek-chob-pho

 

affinity

N ความ เกี่ยวดอง จาก การ แต่งงาน  ความสัมพันธ์ ที่เกิด จาก การ แต่งงาน  kinship relationship kwam-kiao-dong-jak-kan-taeng-ngan

 

affinity

N ความใกล้ชิด  ความสัมพันธ์ ที่ ใกล้ชิด  kwam-klai-chid

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AFFINITY

n.[L. affinitas, from affinis, adjacent, related by marriage; ad and finis, end. ] 1. The relation contracted by marriage, between a husband and his wife's kindred, and between a wife and her husband's kindred; in contradistinction from consanguinity or relation by blood.
Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh. 1 Kings 3:1.
2. Agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages.
3. In chimistry, attraction; elective attraction, or that tendency which different species of matter have to unite, and combine with certain other bodies, and the power that disposes them to continue in combination There are two kinds of affinity.
1. Affinity of aggregation, which is the power that causes two homogeneous bodies to tend towards each other, unite and cohere, as two drops of water, which unite in one.
2. Affinity of composition, which is the tendency of bodies of different kinds to unite and form new combinations of bodies with different properties. Such is the affinity which unites acids and alkalies, the results of which combination are neutral salts.
The operations of this principle are various. When heterogeneous bodies have mutually an equal attraction, it is called compound affinity. When one substance decomposes a combination of others, unites with one of them and precipitates the other, the power is called the affinity of decomposition. When bodies will not unite, but by means of a third, which enables them to combine, this is affinity by means of a medium.
Double affinity is when by means of four bodies, two decompositions and two new combinations are effected.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AFFINITY

Af *fin "i *ty, n.; pl. Affinities (#). Etym: [OF. afinité, F. affinité, L. affinites, fr. affinis. See Affined. ]

 

1. 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. Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh. 1 Kings iii. 1.

 

2. Kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages. There is a close affinity between imposture and credulity. Sir G. C.Lewis.

 

2. Companionship; acquaintance. [Obs. ] About forty years past, I began a happy affinity with William Cranmer. Burton.

 

4. (Chem. )

 

Defn: 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. (Nat. Hist. )

 

Defn: A relation between species or highe

 

6. (Spiritualism )

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

affinity

af fin i ty |əˈfinitē əˈfɪnədi | ▶noun ( pl. affinities ) (often affinity between /for /with ) a spontaneous or natural liking or sympathy for someone or something: he has an affinity for the music of Berlioz. • a similarity of characteristics suggesting a relationship, esp. a resemblance in structure between animals, plants, or languages: a building with no affinity to contemporary architectural styles. • relationship, esp. by marriage as opposed to blood ties. • chiefly Biochemistry the degree to which a substance tends to combine with another: the affinity of hemoglobin for oxygen. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘relationship by marriage ’): via Old French from Latin affinitas, from affinis ‘related ’ (literally ‘bordering on ’), from ad- ‘to ’ + finis ‘border. ’

 

affinity card

af fin i ty card |əˈfɪnədi kɑrd | ▶noun a credit card carrying the name of an organization to which a portion of the money spent using the card is paid.

 

affinity group

af fin i ty group |əˈfɪnədi ˌɡrup | ▶noun a group of people linked by a common interest or purpose.

 

Oxford Dictionary

affinity

af ¦fin |ity |əˈfɪnɪti | ▶noun ( pl. affinities ) 1 a natural liking for and understanding of someone or something: he had a special affinity with horses. • a similarity of characteristics suggesting a relationship, especially a resemblance in structure between animals, plants, or languages: a semantic affinity between two words. • [ mass noun ] relationship, especially by marriage as opposed to blood ties. 2 chiefly Biochemistry the degree to which a substance tends to combine with another. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘relationship by marriage ’): via Old French from Latin affinitas, from affinis ‘related ’ (literally ‘bordering on ’), from ad- ‘to ’ + finis ‘border ’.

 

affinity card

af ¦fin |ity card ▶noun a cheque card or credit card for which the bank donates a portion of the money spent using the card to a specific charity or other organization.

 

affinity group

af ¦fin |ity group ▶noun chiefly US a group of people linked by a common interest or purpose.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

affinity

affinity noun 1 her affinity with animals and birds | an affinity for opera: empathy for, rapport with, sympathy for, accord with, harmony with, relationship with, bond with, fellow feeling for, closeness with /to, understanding of /for; liking of /for, fondness of /for; informal chemistry with. ANTONYMS aversion, dislike. 2 the semantic affinity between the two words: similarity, resemblance, likeness, kinship, relationship, association, link, analogy, similitude, correspondence. ANTONYMS dissimilitude, dissimilarity. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See likeness . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

affinity

affinity noun 1 she has a natural affinity with animals and birds: empathy, rapport, sympathy, accord, harmony, like-mindedness; closeness to, fellow feeling for, understanding of; liking for, fondness for, inclination towards, partiality for, penchant for, predilection towards, attraction towards; informal chemistry. ANTONYMS dislike, aversion. 2 there is a semantic affinity between the two words: similarity, resemblance, likeness, kinship; correspondence, relationship, association, link, analogy, similitude, agreement, compatibility, congruity, parallelism, consonance; identity, identicalness, uniformity, equivalence. ANTONYMS dissimilitude. 3 despite their different backgrounds, an affinity grew and developed: relationship, bond, connection, propinquity. ANTONYMS antipathy; blood relationship.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

affinity

af fin i ty /əfɪ́nəti /名詞 複 -ties 1 C 〖単数形で 〗 «人 物への /…との /…の間の » (類似から来る強い )親近感, 好み, 親しみ ; 相性 «for /with /between » .2 U C (血縁以外の )親戚関係, 姻戚関係 .3 U C (動物 植物 言語間の )類似性 .4 C 心を引かれる物 [人 ].5 U 〘化 〙親和力 〘原子が物質の中で結合する力 〙.～́ c à rd アフィニティカード 〘利用額の一定割合がカード会社の負担で慈善事業へ寄付されるクレジットカード 〙.