| 释义 |
af·fine
I. \aˈfīn, əˈ-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French affin, from affin, adjective
: a relative by marriage (as one's wife's brother)
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: French affiner, from a- (from Latin ad-) + fin fine, refined — more at fine
: to subject (raw sugar) to affination
III. adjective
Etymology: French affin, akin, connected, from Latin affinis related by marriage — more at affinity
mathematics : preserving finiteness [as in the transformation y = ax + b (a not zero), where to every finite value of the variable x there corresponds a finite value of the variable y, and vice versa]
• af·fine·ly adverb |