affordance

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

名詞

広義

Anything that is provided or furnished by an environment to an organism dwelling within it, whether good or bad.

日本語の意味

環境がその中にいる生物に与える、正も負も含む機会や特性、行動可能性を意味する。 / 生物が環境中で行動する際のきっかけや可能性を引き出す要因を示す用語。

英語の意味

Anything that is provided or furnished by an environment to an organism dwelling within it, whether good or bad.

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The abandoned warehouse offered an unexpected affordance for urban wildlife searching for shelter.

廃倉庫は、避難所を求める都市部の野生動物にとって、思いがけない環境が提供する機会となった。

詳細

意味（1）

Anything that is provided or furnished by an environment to an organism dwelling within it, whether good or bad.

意味（2）

(human-machine interaction) A potential transaction or operation that is made possible by a given object or environment; especially, one that is made easily discoverable.

意味（3）

(graphical user interface, by extension) Any interactive control or component serving as a cue to the user to take some action.

The grab handles on the edges of this image are affordances that the user can exploit to change the size of the image.

詳細

affordances （ plural ）