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ADJECTIVE:
Mathematics
  1. Of or relating to a transformation of coordinates that is equivalent to a linear transformation followed by a translation.
  2. Of or relating to the geometry of affine transformations.
ETYMOLOGY:
French affin, closely related, from Old French ; see affined


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