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- Dictionaryavidity/əˈvɪdɪti/
noun
- 1. keen interest or enthusiasm: "he read detective stories with avidity"
- 2. the overall strength of binding between an antibody and an antigen.
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the quality of being extremely eager or interested: He studied Indian history with avidity. It seems I'm an ideal target for advertisers, and I am perplexed by the avidity with which they court me. See. avid. Fewer examples. Teams can't rely solely on fan avidity.
noun. avid· ity ə-ˈvi-də-tē, a- also ā-. : a characteristic of antibodies (such as antitoxins) that tends to enhance their rate or stability in binding with an antigen. Antibody avidity is an average measure of the affinity of the antibodies for a particular antigen in a serum sample.
the quality of being extremely eager or interested: He studied Indian history with avidity. It seems I'm an ideal target for advertisers, and I am perplexed by the avidity with which they court me. See. avid. Fewer examples. Teams can't rely solely on fan avidity.
Avidity is a feeling of enthusiasm, a form of willingness and eagerness. If you’re a fan of girl detectives, you read all of the Nancy Drew books with avidity. People who like something a lot are avid, like avid fans of Batman who see every movie and collect every comic book.
Avidity definition: eagerness; greediness.. See examples of AVIDITY used in a sentence.
noun. 1. the quality or state of being avid. 2. a. eagerness. b. greed; avarice. 3. chemistry. a. the strength of an acid or base in proportion to its degree of dissociation. b. another term for affinity (sense 6b) 4. immunology. a measure of antigen-to-antibody binding, based on the rate of formation of the complex. Collins English Dictionary.
Definition of avidity noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
