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affine geometry

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noun

  1. the branch of geometry dealing with affine transformations.

Etymology

Origin of affine geometry

First recorded in 1915–20

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Schr�dinger has found this in an "affine" geometry, which deals with pure concepts in their essence, not with measurement in the ordinary sense.

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