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Chemistry without the lab coat — why some things just click and others curdle.
means A natural pull toward someone or something, a liking or kinship that feels effortless rather than chosen.
from From Latin affinitas, 'relationship by marriage,' built from affinis, 'bordering on, related to' — ad- ('to') plus finis ('boundary, end'). The word originally mapped family ties created by marriage rather than blood, the in-laws sharing a boundary line with your own kin. Chemists later borrowed it for the way certain elements seem drawn to bond with others, and that scientific sense is what gave 'affinity' its lasting charge of attraction and fit.
- origin
- Latin affinitas meant in-laws, not sparks
- science use
- measures how tightly molecules bind together
- myth
- feels instant but is usually pattern recognition
- not love
- attraction with better manners and less drama