Affinity (noun)

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

Affinity (noun)

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

Affinity (noun)

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

Affinity (noun)

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

Affinity (noun)

Any romantic relationship.

Affinity (noun)

Any passionate love for something.

Affinity (noun)

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

Affinity (noun)

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

Affinity (noun)

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

Affinity (noun)

The attraction between an antibody and an antigen

Affinity (noun)

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

Affinity (noun)

An automorphism of affine space.

Kin (noun)

Race; family; breed; kind.

Kin (noun)

Persons of the same race or family; kindred.

Kin (noun)

One or more relatives, such as siblings or cousins, taken collectively.

Kin (noun)

Relationship; same-bloodedness or affinity; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.

Kin (noun)

Kind; sort; manner; way.

Kin (adjective)

Related by blood or marriage, akin. Generally used in "kin to".

"It turns out my back-fence neighbor is kin to one of my co-workers."

Affinity (noun)

Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); - in contradistinction to consanguinity, or relationship by blood; - followed by with, to, or between.

Affinity (noun)

Kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages.

Affinity (noun)

Companionship; acquaintance.

Affinity (noun)

That attraction which takes place, at an insensible distance, between the heterogeneous particles of bodies, and unites them to form chemical compounds; chemism; chemical or elective affinity or attraction.

Affinity (noun)

A relation between species or higher groups dependent on resemblance in the whole plan of structure, and indicating community of origin.

Affinity (noun)

A superior spiritual relationship or attraction held to exist sometimes between persons, esp. persons of the opposite sex; also, the man or woman who exerts such psychical or spiritual attraction.

Kin (noun)

A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings.

Kin (noun)

Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by birth or marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.

Kin (noun)

Relatives; persons of the same family or race.

Kin (noun)

The unit velocity in the C. G. S. system - a velocity of one centimeter per second.

Kin (adjective)

Of the same nature or kind; kinder.

Affinity (noun)

the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule;

"basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk"

Affinity (noun)

(immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody

Affinity (noun)

kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship

Affinity (noun)

(biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts;

"in anatomical structure prehistoric man shows close affinity with modern humans"

Affinity (noun)

a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character;

"found a natural affinity with the immigrants"

"felt a deep kinship with the other students"

"anthropology's kinship with the humanities"

Affinity (noun)

inherent resemblance between persons or things

Affinity (noun)

a natural attraction or feeling of kinship;

"an affinity for politics"

"the mysterious affinity between them"

"James's affinity with Sam"

Kin (noun)

a person having kinship with another or others;

"he's kin"

"he's family"

Kin (noun)

group of people related by blood or marriage

Kin (adjective)

related by blood