affinity


Значение термина affinity в knolik


affinity - Affinity (Lat. affinis, related)
affinity - Biological term to express an existing relationship or connexion between different species of animals or plants, pointing to a more or less common origin. It is estimated by the resemblance of structural characters, not by functions. Thus, a similar structural basis of a fore-limb points to affinity between the two animals concerned, irrespective of whether that limb be used for flight or other method of locomotion. It is an evidence of relationship.

In chemistry, affinity is the attractive force which causes elements or their compounds to unite with other elements to form new compounds. The name chem-ism has been proposed for it.

In English law the term is used to describe relationship between the husband and his wife's relatives, or the wife and the husband's relatives. Affinity is a bar to marriage in certain cases of blood affinity, i. e. between husband or wife and deceased wife's or husband's blood relatives. The table is set out -in the Book of Common Prayer. Since 1907, English law has permitted the marriage of a man to his deceased wife's sister, since 1921 that of a woman to her deceased husband's brother, and since 1931 that of a man with his deceased wife's niece or aunt.

Рядом со словом affinity в knolik


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affirmation

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