affiliation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: affiliation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for affiliation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
affiliation n 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" Synonym(s): affiliation, association, tie, tie- up the act of becoming formally connected or joined; "welcomed the affiliation of the research center with the university"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Affiliation \Affil`ia"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.