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"興味の一致または本質や性質の類似性によって特徴づけられる密接な関係類縁
例:found a natural affinity with the immigrants 移民と自然で密接な関係を築く
(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"構造または構造部の類似につながる、有機体間または生物群間の関係の状態類縁
例:in anatomical structure prehistoric man shows close affinity with modern humans 解剖学的構造上は、有史前の人間は現代人と密接な類縁を示している
a natural attraction or feeling of kinship; "an affinity for politics"; "the mysterious affinity between them"; "James's affinity with Sam"密接な関係から生じた、自然に引きつける力および意識親近感
例:an affinity for politics 政治への親近感
the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule; "basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk"互いに原子を引き付けたり原子を分子に結び付けたりする力親和力
例:basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk 塩基性染料はウールやシルクと相性がよい
(immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody抗原と抗体を引き付ける性質親和性