affine

Meanings

• a mathematical transformation that preserves the distance between points

  - "Given two points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2), affine transformation can be used to find the new coordinates (x3, y3) of point (x2, y2) after applying the transformation to point (x1, y1)."

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Synonyms

in-law

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with affine
affine , define , refine , fineline

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Variants

List of all variants of affine that leads to same result
affine , affines , affinely

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

The term affine comes from the Latin word affinis, which means 'related by blood' or 'connected'. In mathematics, the term affine transformation is used to describe a particular type of mathematical transformation that preserves the distance between points.

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