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ADJECTIVE:
Mathematics

Of or relating to a transformation of coordinates that is equivalent to a linear transformation followed by a translation.
Of or relating to the geometry of affine transformations.

ETYMOLOGY:
French affin, closely related, from Old French ; see affined

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