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How to pronounce “affordance”

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Pronunciation guide for affordance

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of affordance with real speech in context.
Available examples: 6 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Perry Zurn & Dani S. BassettSo really, that functional affordance
Definition summary: (psychology, philosophy, robotics) Anything that is provided or furnished by an environment to an organism dwelling within it.

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Perry Zurn & Dani S. Bassett

So really, that functional affordance

[Noun]
(psychology, philosophy, robotics) Anything that is provided or furnished by an environment to an organism dwelling within it.
(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.
(graphical user interface) Any interactive control or component serving as a cue to the user to take some action.

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