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affine
| affine geometry
| affine transformation
| affined
| affinitative
| affinitive
affine
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun affine has 1 sense
- affine(n = noun.person) Array - (anthropology) kin by marriage; Array is a kind of family, kin, kinsperson
Derived form adjective affinal1
Adjective affine has 2 senses
- affine(a = adj.pert) Array - (mathematics) of or pertaining to the geometry of affine transformations; Array
- affine(s = adj.all) affinal - (anthropology) related by marriage; Array Derived form noun affinity2
CIDE DICTIONARY
affine, v. t. [F. affiner to refine; (L. ad) + fin fine. See Fine.].
To refine. Holland. [1913 Webster]
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