[{"word":"affinity","phonetic":"/əˈfɪnɪti/","phonetics":[{"text":"/əˈfɪnɪti/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A kinsman or kinswoman of a such relationship; one who is affinal.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The fact of and manner in which something is related to another.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Any romantic relationship.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Any passionate love for something.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Resemblances between biological populations; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin, type or stock.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Structural resemblances between minerals; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin or type.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"An attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bonds","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The attraction between an antibody and an antigen","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Tendency to keep a task running on the same processor in a symmetric multiprocessing operating system to reduce the frequency of cache misses","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"An automorphism of affine space.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/affinity"]}]