Phrase Hound found 12 phrases and 12 compound words that contain affinity. The most common are listed below. Open affinity in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 12
- High affinity
- elective affinityA process by which two cultural forms (e.g. religious, intellectual, political or economic) having certain similarities or kinships enter into a relationship of reciprocal attraction and influence, and mutual reinforcement.
- affinity groupA formal or informal group of people formed around a shared interest or common goal.
- chemical affinityAll the various attractions between elements and compounds that lead to their reaction.
- electron affinityThe energy released when an electron is attached to an atom or molecule; used as a measure of its ability to form an anion
- affinity cardA credit card made available by a bank or other lender to qualified people associated with a sponsoring organization (such as a club, educational institution, charity, or business), typically with provision for a portion of the lender's …
- affinity fraudFraud whose victims are susceptible because they trust the perpetrator as a member of their circle.
- self-affinityThe condition of a fractal whose pieces are scaled by different amounts in the x and y directions, so that self-similarity becomes apparent only after an anisotropic transformation.
- affinity reagentAn antibody, peptide, nucleic acid, or other small molecule that specifically binds to a larger target molecule in order to identify, track, capture, or influence its activity.
- affinity cardsplural of affinity card: A credit card made available by a bank or other lender to qualified people associated with a sponsoring organization (such as a club, educational institution, charity, or business), typically with provision for a …
- affinity reagentsplural of affinity reagent: An antibody, peptide, nucleic acid, or other small molecule that specifically binds to a larger target molecule in order to identify, track, capture, or influence its activity.
- affinity fraudsplural of affinity fraud: Fraud whose victims are susceptible because they trust the perpetrator as a member of their circle.
Compound words 12
- affinitiveClosely connected, as by affinity.
- hydroaffinityaffinity to water; hydrophilicity
- bioaffinitybiological or biochemical affinity
- chemoaffinitychemical affinity
- disaffinityLack of affinity.
- equiaffinityAn affine transformation that preserves area.
- lipoaffinityaffinity to lipids
- metalloaffinityThe affinity for a metal atom, typically one in a metalloprotein
- nonaffinityAbsence of affinity.
- socioaffinitysocial affinity