affine
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aɪn 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.
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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| —adj | |
| maths of, characterizing, or involving transformations which preserve collinearity, esp in classical geometry, those of translation, rotation and reflection in an axis | |
| [C16: via French from Latin affīnis bordering on, related] | |
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Affine
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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