affinity

1. (countable, uncountable)A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.

   Affinität

   бли́зостьblízostʹ, сродство́srodstvó, влече́ниеvlečénije

   a natural attraction or feeling of kinship

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

   Verwandtschaft, Schwägerschaft

   сродство́srodstvó, родство́rodstvó, свойство́svojstvó

   (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship

3. (countable, uncountable)A kinsman or kinswoman of a such relationship; one who is affinal.

   ро́дственникródstvennik, ро́дственницаródstvennica

4. (countable, uncountable)The fact of and manner in which something is related to another.

5. (countable, uncountable)Any romantic relationship.

   влече́ниеvlečénije, увлече́ниеuvlečénije, рома́нromán

6. (countable, uncountable)A love interest; a paramour.

7. (countable, uncountable)Any passionate love for something.

   влече́ниеvlečénije, увлече́ниеuvlečénije, тя́гаtjága

8. (countable, uncountable)Resemblances between biological populations, suggesting that they have a common origin, type or stock.

9. (countable, uncountable)Structural resemblances between minerals; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin or type.

10. (countable, uncountable)An attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bonds.

11. (countable, uncountable)The attraction between an antibody and an antigen

    Affinität

    сродство́srodstvó, аффините́тaffinitét

    (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody

12. (countable, uncountable)A tendency to keep a task running on the same processor in a symmetric multiprocessing operating system to reduce the frequency of cache misses.

1. I feel a strong affinity for her.

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2. This case has an affinity with that one.

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3. They feel a strange affinity with each other.

   ruУ них странная тяга друг к другу.

   deSie fühlen sich einander auf eine sonderbare Art und Weise verbunden.

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4. He has an affinity for all things artistic.

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5. I’ve always had an affinity for sunshine and warm spots.

   ruМеня всегда тянуло к солнцу и тёплым местам.

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