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Affine
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(anthropology) a relative by marriage rather than by blood
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Her affines welcomed her warmly into the family.
affine
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(mathematics) relating to geometry involving transformations that preserve points, straight lines, and parallelism
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Affine geometry studies properties that remain unchanged under affine transformations.
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(anthropology) related to someone by marriage rather than by blood
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His affine relatives welcomed him into the family.
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