What does avidity mean?

Definitions for avidity
əˈvɪd ɪ tiavid·i·ty

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. eagerness, avidity, avidness, keennessnoun

    a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something

Wiktionary

  1. aviditynoun

    Greediness; strong appetite.

  2. aviditynoun

    Eagerness; intenseness of desire

    to eat with avidity

  3. aviditynoun

    The measure of the synergism of the strength individual interactions between proteins.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Aviditynoun

    Greediness; eagerness; appetite; insatiable desire.

    Etymology: avidité, Fr. aviditas, Lat.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Aviditynoun

    greediness; strong appetite; eagerness; intenseness of desire; as, to eat with avidity

  2. Etymology: [L. aviditas, fr. avidus: cf. F. avidit. See Avid.]

Wikidata

  1. Avidity

    In proteins, avidity is the combined strength of multiple bond interactions. Avidity is distinct from affinity, which is the strength of a single bond. As such, avidity is the combined synergistic strength of bond affinities rather than the sum of bonds. If the clustered proteins form a matrix, such as a clathrin-coat, the interaction is a matricity.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Avidity

    a-vid′i-ti, n. eagerness: greediness.—adj. Av′id, greedy: eager. [L. aviditasavidus, greedy—avēre, to pant after.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of avidity in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of avidity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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