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affinity

/əˈfɪnɪti/

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noun

Afinidad, atracción

A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.

Examples :

"Sentence: She had a strong affinity for dogs and volunteered at the animal shelter every weekend. "

Ella sentía una fuerte afinidad por los perros y se ofrecía como voluntaria en el refugio de animales cada fin de semana.

attitude nature mind soul person quality tendency emotion

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noun

Afinidad, parentesco político

A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister).

Examples :

"Because he married my sister, my brother-in-law is related to me by affinity, not by blood. "

Debido a que se casó con mi hermana, mi cuñado está relacionado conmigo por afinidad, no por sangre.

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noun

Pariente por afinidad

A kinsman or kinswoman of a such relationship; one who is affinal.

Examples :

"Because he married my sister, my brother-in-law is my affinity. "

Debido a que se casó con mi hermana, mi cuñado es mi pariente por afinidad.

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noun

Afinidad, relación

The fact of and manner in which something is related to another.

Examples :

"She has a strong affinity for math, which is why she excels in physics. "

Ella tiene una fuerte afinidad por las matemáticas, por eso sobresale en física.

science biology chemistry physics philosophy

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noun

Relación romántica

Any romantic relationship.

Examples :

"After many years of friendship, their close bond blossomed into an affinity. "

Después de muchos años de amistad, su estrecho vínculo floreció en una relación romántica.

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noun

Afinidad, pasión

Any passionate love for something.

Examples :

"Maria has a strong affinity for classical music; she listens to it every day. "

María tiene una gran afinidad por la música clásica; la escucha todos los días.

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noun

Afinidad, parentesco

Resemblances between biological populations; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin, type or stock.

Examples :

"The affinity between the two species of birds was clear; their similar beak shapes and nest-building techniques suggested a common ancestor. "

La afinidad entre las dos especies de aves era clara; sus formas de pico y técnicas de construcción de nidos similares sugerían un ancestro común.

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noun

Afinidad, semejanza

Structural resemblances between minerals; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin or type.

Examples :

"The minerals in the new rock collection show a strong affinity, suggesting they originated from the same geological process. "

Los minerales de la nueva colección de rocas muestran una fuerte afinidad, lo que sugiere que se originaron a partir del mismo proceso geológico.

geology mineral science chemistry nature

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noun

Afinidad, atracción

An attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bonds

Examples :

"The carbon and hydrogen atoms showed a strong affinity for each other, readily forming stable molecules. "

Los átomos de carbono e hidrógeno mostraron una fuerte afinidad entre sí, formando fácilmente moléculas estables.

chemistry physics

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noun

Afinidad

The attraction between an antibody and an antigen

Examples :

"The student demonstrated a strong affinity for science, as evidenced by her consistently high scores on chemistry tests. "

La estudiante demostró una fuerte afinidad por la ciencia, como lo demuestran sus altas calificaciones constantes en los exámenes de química.

medicine physiology biochemistry biology

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noun

Afinidad

Tendency to keep a task running on the same processor in a symmetric multiprocessing operating system to reduce the frequency of cache misses

Examples :

"The server exhibited strong affinity, consistently assigning calculations for the database report to CPU core 3, which improved processing speed. "

El servidor exhibió una fuerte afinidad, asignando consistentemente los cálculos para el informe de la base de datos al núcleo 3 de la CPU, lo que mejoró la velocidad de procesamiento.

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noun

Afinidad

An automorphism of affine space.

Examples :

"The transformation of the classroom layout into a different arrangement, while maintaining the same distances between desks, was an affinity. "

La transformación de la disposición del aula en una disposición diferente, manteniendo las mismas distancias entre los escritorios, fue una afinidad.