Affordances are the relationship between the object and person or Properties of an object and the interacting ability of a person to the object is called Affordances. Affordances are providing the opportunity to act and prevent possible action and enable a particular kind of interaction between people and object.
The below example will simply explain the term Affordances.
Object: Chair, Affordance: Sitting
The shape of this chair designed with the abilities and shape of the human body. So this chair is afford sitting for a human.
The same chair does not afford sitting for an elephant.
See a couple of good affordance examples below.
Remember Affordances enable a particular kind of interaction between people and object.
Reference Book & Courtesy: The Design of Everyday Things
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