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Affine

see synonyms of affine

Noun

1. affine

(anthropology) kin by marriage

Adjective

2. affine

(mathematics) of or pertaining to the geometry of affine transformations

3. affinal, affine

(anthropology) related by marriage

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Affine

see synonyms of affine
adjective
mathematics
of, characterizing, or involving transformations which preserve collinearity, esp in classical geometry, those of translation, rotation and reflection in an axis

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Affine

see synonyms of affine
noun
a person related by marriage
adjective
Ancient Mathematics
of or having to do with projecting or mapping a geometric figure on a second plane or surface so that the new image retains the original parallel straight lines while being shifted, stretched, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Affine

see synonyms of affine
adj.
Mathematics
1. Of or relating to a transformation of coordinates that is equivalent to a linear transformation followed by a translation.
2. Of or relating to the geometry of affine transformations.

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