
affordance
/əˈfɔːrdəns/
a design quality suggesting how an object should be used
affordance in a sentence
“The button's raised appearance provides affordance for clicking.”
Origin of affordance
English afford 'to provide' from Old English geforthian 'to further' + -ance
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