Definition of affine Affine
/ʌfajˈn/ - [ufayn] - af•fine
We found 11 definitions of affine from 4 different sources.
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What does affine mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: affines |
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| affine - (anthropology) kin by marriage | ||
| kinsperson, kin, family group of people related by blood or marriage | ||
| anthropology the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings | ||
Adjectiveaffine, affiner, affinest |
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| affine - (mathematics) of or pertaining to the geometry of affine transformations | ||
| math, mathematics, maths a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement | ||
| affine - (anthropology) related by marriage | ||
| affinal | ||
| related connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage | ||
| anthropology the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings | ||
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Wiktionary 
- affine (Noun)
A relative by marriage. - affine (Verb)
To refine. - affine (Adjective)
Assigning finite values to finite quantities. - affine (Adjective)
Describing a function expressible as f\vec x= A \vec x + \vec b which is not linear, but is similar. - affine (Adjective)
Of or pertaining to a transformation that maps parallel line s to parallel lines and finite points to finite points. - affine (Adjective)
Having mutual affinity, of two materials.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- affine (v. t.)
To refine.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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affine
af-fīn′, n. (obs.) a relation, connection.—adjs. Affine′, Affined′, related, bound by some tie. [O. Fr.—L. affinis, neighbouring—ad, to, at, finis, a boundary.]
