On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 02:16:58 +0200, Uwe Koloska wrote: > CK wrote: > > > >It's "Affordanz", a psychological term see: > >http://www.wissenschaft-online.de/abo/lexikon/psycho/320 > > Aaah! Thank you. > This also explains, why this artword isn't found in any dictionary.
Its in FOLDoc and Wikipedia: (first two I tried) http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?query=affordance&action=Search http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordance Its also in Hyperdictionary and the Computer Dictionary and a google would have found you a defintion in the top hit. It is however not in the OED (arguably the nearest thing to a authorative dictionary in English), it's a production from the verb 'afford'. Its not a very good word, but its the only one I know of that can describe... affordance ;) - Steve
