Afín in english
pronunciation: rɪleɪtɪd part of speech: adjective
afín (a) = allied (to/with) ; closely related (to).
Example: Closely allied with structural policy are a number of measures concerning agricultural research and veterinary matters.Example: The underlying fundamentals of abstracting are closely related to indexing.afín = allied ; associated ; contributory ; kindred ; related ; concomitant ; attendant ; like-minded ; cognate ; linked ; coterminous [co-terminous] ; germane ; twin.
Example: In the light of the information explosion, no researcher can now realistically expect to keep pace with developments in his own field, let alone those in allied fields = In the light of the information explosion, no researcher can now realistically expect to keep pace with developments in his own field, let alone those in allied fields.Example: This list makes recommendations about the use of references for the display of relationships in a catalogue, index or data base, in order to guide users between connected or associated terms.Example: It directly or indirectly incorporated or paralleled several prevailing objectives and concepts of the communication and behavioral sciences and other contributory disciplines.Example: The indexer must evaluate whether the index user will profit if a distinction is made between two kindred terms.Example: Similar and closely related subjects are likely to be scattered under different keywords.Example: If we require specificity, we have at the same time to accept the concomitant complexity of headings and the occurrence of grouping.Example: If anything, it interposes an additional link in the communication chain, with its attendant 'interface' problems.Example: Directories of organizations and human resources are an excellent means of knowing who is doing what and where and assist in the networking among like-minded institutions.Example: We need to determine the interrelationships of disciplines that are now regarded as cognate to or complementary with information science.Example: Each linked document also has its own links, creating a 'web' of information through which the searcher can move.Example: Sample articles were chosen for subjects coterminous with each other for 1950, 60 and 70.Example: The bibliography lists documents expressly recommended to the researchers in this area and documents of interest which are not specifically germane.Example: These twin objectives are, in practice, not possible to achieve simultaneously.more:
» afín (a) = allied (to/with) ; closely related (to) .
Example: Closely allied with structural policy are a number of measures concerning agricultural research and veterinary matters. Example: The underlying fundamentals of abstracting are closely related to indexing.» campo afín = twin field .
Example: Instead, the author has attempted to present a readable account of some of the key practices in the twin fields of abstracting and indexing.» conjunto de cosas afines, el = whole schmier, the [Sentido peyorativo. Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo] .
Example: And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.» derechos afines = neighbouring rights .
Example: This article discusses the current situation regarding the work of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in order to update the international regime of copyright and neighbouring rights.» elemento afín = nearest neighbour [En el almacenamiento o recuperación de información, documento o término que se aproxima a otro en su contenido o significado] .
Example: Searches of the clustered document files resulting from the use of these four methods are noticeably less effective than searches of the unclustered document collections and of a simpler type of clustered file based on pairs of nearest neighbours.» grupo temáticamente afín = subject-related group .
Example: A more systematic approach involves assessing terms and their relationships in subject-related groups.» relación afín = affinitive relationship .
Example: Affinitive relationships that exist between terms are not necessarily connected to one another in any fixed hierarchical manner.» tecnología afín = associated technology .
Example: The author examines virtual reality and its associated technology and a new form of online catalogue.