Definizione monolingua

affine

affine (third-person singular simple present affines, present participle affining, simple past and past participle affined)

1. To refine.

affine (plural affines)

1. (genealogy) A relative by marriage.

Wikipedia

1. (mathematics) Assigning finite values to finite quantities.
2. (mathematics) Describing a function expressible as (which is not linear, but is similar).
3. (mathematics) Of or pertaining to a transformation that maps parallel lines to parallel lines and finite points to finite points.
4. (comparable, chemistry) Having mutual affinity, of two materials.

Definizione dizionario affine

affine

Altri significati:

(comparable, chemistry) Having mutual affinity, of two materials.

(genealogy) A relative by marriage.

(mathematics) Assigning finite values to finite quantities.

describing a kind of functions

To refine.

(mathematics) Describing a function expressible as f(\\vec x)= A \\vec x + \\vec b (which is not linear, but is similar).

pertaining to transformations that preserves parallel lines and finite points

(mathematics) Of or pertaining to a transformation that maps parallel lines to parallel lines and finite points to finite points.