An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
AFFILIATION
affiliation
(noun) the act of becoming formally connected or joined; “welcomed the affiliation of the research center with the university”
affiliation, association, tie, tie-up
(noun) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
affiliation (countable and uncountable, plural affiliations)
The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another.
(legal) The establishment of a child's paternity or maternity
A club, society or umbrella organisation so formed, especially a trade union.
Source: Wiktionary
Af*fil`i*a"tion, n. Etym: [F. affiliation, LL. affiliatio.]
1. Adoption; association or reception as a member in or of the same family or society.
2. (Law)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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