affordance
English
noun
Definitions
- Anything that is provided or furnished by an environment to an organism dwelling within it, whether good or bad.
- (human-machine interaction) A potential transaction or operation that is made possible by a given object or environment; especially, one that is made easily discoverable.
- (GUI) Any interactive control or component serving as a cue to the user to take some action.
Etymology
Suffix from English afford.
Origin
English
afford
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afford English
- affordability English
- affordable English
- afforder English
- affordest English
- affordeth English
- affordment English
- forth English
- afforder French
- afforthen Middle English
- affaûrder Norman