noun-modifying (irregular)
affine
Technical term in mathematics, used prenominally to describe functions, transformations, spaces, etc. that preserve collinearity and ratios of distances.
アフィン変換は、直線を直線に写す。
An affine transformation maps lines to lines.
この問題はアフィン幾何学の範囲で扱える。
This problem can be handled within the scope of affine geometry.