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Definition 2024
affin
affin
See also: Äffin
French
Adjective
affin m (feminine singular affine, masculine plural affins, feminine plural affines)
- affine (all senses)
Swedish
Adjective
affin
- (mathematics) affine; describing a function expressible as f(x)=ax+b (which is not linear, but is similar)
- (mathematics) affine; of or pertaining to a transformation that maps parallel lines to parallel lines and finite points to finite points.
Declension
| Inflection of affin | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite/attributive | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | affin | — | — |
| Neuter singular | affint | — | — |
| Plural | affina | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | affine | — | — |
| All | affina | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role. | |||