1. A property or feature of an object, environment, or system that offers or suggests potential actions, interactions, or uses to an agent (such as a person, organism, or system), based on the agent's capabilities and the context
   "The door handle's affordance suggests pulling to open"
    
2. (ecology) the resources or opportunities that an environment offers to an organism
   "The tree's branches provide affordances for nesting birds"
    
3. (human-computer interaction) features of a user interface that suggest possible interactions to users, based on their experience and the interface design
   "The skeuomorphic button design creates an affordance for clicking or tapping"

Derived forms: affordances

Encyclopedia: Affordance