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affordance

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Noun

  1. Anything that is provided or furnished by an environment to an organism dwelling within it.
  2. A potential transaction or operation that is made possible by a given object or environment; especially, one that is made easily discoverable.
  3. Any interactive control or component serving as a cue to the user to take some action.

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