afinitas

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin affinitās.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [afiˈnitas]
• Hyphenation: afi‧ni‧tas

Noun

afinitas (uncountable)

1. affinity:
   1. a natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.
   2. (chemistry) an attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bonds.
   3. (immunology) the attraction between an antibody and an antigen.

Derived terms

• afinitas elektron
• afinitas kladistika
• afinitas mutlak
• afinitas patristik

Further reading

• “afinitas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.