adjective
affine
(mathematics) of a transformation that keeps straight lines straight and parallel lines parallel
In a sentence
Three example sentences with affine, each labelled with its topic.
The image library applies an affine transform, so the scan can be rotated and stretched while straight lines stay straight.
Technology
Crystallographers describe the shear of a lattice with affine maps, which preserve parallel lines but not distances.
Science
Correcting a tilted building in software is an affine operation: parallel edges stay parallel even as the frame is skewed.
Photography
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