2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Affiliation \Af*fil`i*a"tion\, n. [F. affiliation, LL
affiliatio.]
1. Adoption; association or reception as a member in or of
the same family or society.
2. (Law) The establishment or ascertaining of parentage; the
assignment of a child, as a bastard, to its father;
filiation.
3. Connection in the way of descent. --H. Spencer.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
affiliation
n 1: a social or business relationship: "a valuable financial
affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties
with other members of the team"; "many close
associations with England" [syn: {association}, {tie}, {tie-up}]
2: the act of becoming formally connected or joined: "welcomed
the affiliation of the research center with the
university"
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