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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesaffine
Pronunciation / Transliteration: a-fin
"Une transformation affine préserve le parallélisme."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Relating to a geometric transformation that preserves collinearity and ratios of distances.
"An affine transformation can scale, rotate, shear, and translate geometric shapes." - 2
In social contexts, closely related, analogous, or akin to something else.
"The two dialects share an affine relationship rooted in a common ancestral language."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin prefix ad- (to, toward) and finis (boundary or limit), evolving through Old French afin ('related by marriage' or 'joined'). In modern mathematics, the term was coined by Leonhard Euler and later generalized to describe geometric properties preserved under parallel translations.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Affine" is said worldwide
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affine
Transliteration: a-fin
"Une transformation affine préserve le parallélisme."
affin
Transliteration: a-fiːn
"Eine affine Abbildung bildet Geraden auf Geraden ab."
affine
Transliteration: af-fi-ne
"I due concetti presentano una struttura affine."
afín
Transliteration: a-fin
"La geometría afín estudia las propiedades invariantes bajo transformaciones afines."
afim
Transliteration: a-fim
"Espaços afins são fundamentais na álgebra linear moderna."
सजातीय
Transliteration: sajatiya
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"यह एक सजातीय रूपांतरण है।"
仿射
Transliteration: fǎng shè
Script: 中文汉字
"仿射变换在计算机图形学中非常重要。"
아핀
Transliteration: apin
Script: 한국어 한글
"아핀 변환은 평행성을 유지합니다."
アフィン
Transliteration: afin
Script: 日本語
"アフィン変換は図形の拡大や回転を行います。"
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