Affine

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  • adjective. Of or relating to a transformation of coordinates that is equivalent to a linear transformation followed by a translation.
  • adjective. Of or relating to the geometry of affine transformations.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To refine. Holland.
  • Related; akin; affined.
  • noun. A relative by marriage; one akin.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To refine.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Assigning finite values to finite quantities.
  • adjective. Describing a function expressible as (which is not linear, but is similar).
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to a transformation that maps parallel lines to parallel lines and finite points to finite points.
  • adjective. Having mutual affinity, of two materials.
  • noun. A relative by marriage.
  • verb. To refine.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. (anthropology) kin by marriage
  • adjective. (anthropology) related by marriage
  • adjective. (mathematics) of or pertaining to the geometry of affine transformations
  • Word Usage
    "We modeled the eating, lying, and standing dynamics of a cow using a piecewise affine dynamical system."
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    related  
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    family  kin  kinsperson  
    Rhyme
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    Aline  Cline  Combine  Dine  Heine  
    Same Context
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    in-law  refine  relative