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Definition of Avidity
1. Noun. A positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something.
Generic synonyms: Enthusiasm
Specialized synonyms: Ardor, Ardour, Elan, Zeal
Derivative terms: Avid, Avid, Eager
Definition of Avidity
1. n. Greediness; strong appetite; eagerness; intenseness of desire; as, to eat with avidity.
Definition of Avidity
1. Noun. Greediness; strong appetite. ¹
2. Noun. Eagerness; intenseness of desire ¹
3. Noun. (biochemistry) The measure of the synergism of the strength individual interactions between proteins. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Avidity
1. the state of being avid [n -TIES]
Medical Definition of Avidity
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Avidity
Literary usage of Avidity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Theories of Chemistry by Lothar Meyer (1888)
"As a rule, the avidity of a given acid is independent of the nature of the base
it neutralises, but Thomsen found that the avidity of sulphuric acid varies ..."
2. British Synonymy: Or, An Attempt at Regulating the Choice of Words in by Hester Lynch Piozzi (1794)
"... EARNESTNESS, VEHEMENCE, avidity—ARDOUR IN PURSUIT. ... for power with ambitious
avidity, and drive a flying enemy before him with ARDOUR of ..."
3. The Principles of Chemistry by Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev, George Kamensky (1902)
"The above.mentioned phenomenon is of an entirely different nature,' and Thomsen
introduces the term avidity, by which he designates the tendency of acids ..."
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