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Affinity may refer to:
Commerce, finance and law
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Affinity , the UK's first road-legal solar car, built by
Cambridge University Eco Racing
Affinity (mathematics) , an affine transformation preserving collinearity
Affinity (pharmacology) , a characterisation of protein-ligand binding strength
Affinity (sociology) , a shared interest and commitment between persons in groups and/or willingness to associate
Affinity (taxonomy) , a suggestion of common descent or type
Affinity chromatography , method of separating a biomolecule from a mixture
Affinity electrophoresis , general name for many analytical methods used in biochemistry and biotechnology
Affinity laws , laws used in hydraulics to express relationships between variables involved in fan or pump performance
Binding affinity , a measure of the interaction of ligands with their binding sites
Chemical affinity , used to describe or characterise elements' or compounds' readiness to form bonds
Electron affinity , energy released on formation of anions
Processor affinity , a computing term for the assignment of a task to a given core of a multicore CPU
Serif Europe 's Affinity series of programs
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