affine

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun (anthropology) kin by marriage
  2. adjective (mathematics) of or pertaining to the geometry of affine transformations
  3. adjective (anthropology) related by marriage

Etymology

From Latin affinis (“connected with”).

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