affine

American  

[a-fahyn, uh-fahyn, af-ahyn] / æˈfaɪn, əˈfaɪn, ˈæf aɪn /

noun

1. a person related to one by marriage.

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adjective

Mathematics.

1. assigning finite values to finite quantities.

2. of or relating to a transformation that maps parallel lines to parallel lines and finite points to finite points.

affine British  

/ ˈæfaɪn /

adjective

1. maths of, characterizing, or involving transformations which preserve collinearity, esp in classical geometry, those of translation, rotation and reflection in an axis

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Other Word Forms

• affinely
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of affine

1500–10; < French affin related < Latin affinis akin, neighboring

Example Sentences

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affine

The affine wealth model has been applied to empirical data from many countries and epochs.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 30, 2019

Satan with a nod Replied, "This is one element—when I The other—Opportunity—supply In just equivalent, the two'll affine And in a chemical embrace combine And Crime result—for Crime can only be Stupiditate of Opportunity."

From Black Beetles in Amber by Ambrose Bierce

Chondrioderma affine, Rost., is said to be the same species.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan

Such forms now begin to appear in America; and if for these a specific name is needed, it is provided, P. affine Rost.,

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride

So, forth they came—a vast ancestral line, Upon my vision teeming, All shapes whose natal semblance could affine Them to me, faintly gleaming.

From Nirvana Days by Cale Young Rice