Nearby Words
noun
1.
a person related to one by marriage.
adjective Mathematics.
2.
assigning finite values to finite quantities.
3.
of or pertaining to a transformation that maps parallel lines to parallel lines and finite points to finite points.
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Affine
is always a great word to know.
So is finite. Does it mean:
| a set of elements capable of being completely counted and not zero |
| a number that is a submultiple of all the numbers of a given set |
Origin:
1500–10; < French affin related < Latin affinis akin, neighboring
1500–10; < French affin related < Latin affinis akin, neighboring
Related forms
af·fine·ly, adverb
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