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AFFINE

Dictionary entry overview: What does affine mean?

• AFFINE (noun)
The noun AFFINE has 1 sense:

1. (anthropology) kin by marriage

Familiarity information: AFFINE used as a noun is very rare.

• AFFINE (adjective)
The adjective AFFINE has 2 senses:

1. (mathematics) of or pertaining to the geometry of affine transformations
2. (anthropology) related by marriage

Familiarity information: AFFINE used as an adjective is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• AFFINE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(anthropology) kin by marriage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("affine" is a kind of...):

family; kin; kinsperson (a person having kinship with another or others)

Domain category:

anthropology (the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings)

• AFFINE (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Pertainym:

affine transformation ((mathematics) a transformation that is a combination of single transformations such as translation or rotation or reflection on an axis)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

(anthropology) related by marriage

Synonyms:

affinal; affine

Similar:

related (connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage)

Domain category:

anthropology (the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings)

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