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AFFINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(anthropology) kin by marriage
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("affine" is a kind of...):
family; kin; kinsperson (a person having kinship with another or others)
Domain category:
anthropology (the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings)
Derivation:
affinal ((anthropology) related by marriage)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(anthropology) related by marriage
Synonyms:
affinal; affine
Classified under:
Similar:
related (connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage)
Domain category:
anthropology (the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings)
Derivation:
affinity ((anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(mathematics) of or pertaining to the geometry of affine transformations
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
Pertainym:
affine transformation ((mathematics) a transformation that is a combination of single transformations such as translation or rotation or reflection on an axis)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb affine
