Affine

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Mathematics Of or relating to a transformation of coordinates that is equivalent to a linear transformation followed by a translation.
  • adj. Mathematics Of or relating to the geometry of affine transformations.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Assigning finite values to finite quantities.
  • adj. Describing a function expressible as (which is not linear, but is similar).
  • adj. Of or pertaining to a transformation that maps parallel lines to parallel lines and finite points to finite points.
  • adj. Having mutual affinity, of two materials.
  • n. A relative by marriage.
  • v. To refine.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To refine.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Related; akin; affined.
  • n. A relative by marriage; one akin.
  • To refine. Holland.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (anthropology) kin by marriage
  • adj. (anthropology) related by marriage
  • adj. (mathematics) of or pertaining to the geometry of affine transformations
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    related   
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    kinsperson    family    kin   
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    refine    relative    in-law   
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    Aline    Cline    Combine    Dine    Heine    Jain    Klein    Kline    Quine    Rhine   
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