ALL meanings of affine
af·fine
A a - adjective affine of, characterizing, or involving transformations which preserve collinearity, esp in classical geometry, those of translation, rotation and reflection in an axis 3
- noun affine a person related by marriage 3
- adjective affine 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. 3
- noun affine a person related to one by marriage. 1
- adjective affine assigning finite values to finite quantities. 1
- adjective affine of or relating to a transformation that maps parallel lines to parallel lines and finite points to finite points. 1
- noun affine Allowing for or preserving parallel relationships. 1
- noun affine (genealogy) A relative by marriage. 0
- verb affine To refine. 0
- adjective affine (mathematics) Assigning finite values to finite quantities. 0
- adjective affine (mathematics) Of a function, expressible as (which is not linear, but is similar). 0
- adjective affine (mathematics) Of or pertaining to a transformation that maps parallel lines to parallel lines and finite points to finite points. 0
- adjective affine (comparable, chemistry) Having mutual affinity, of two materials. 0