アフィン

noun-modifying (irregular)

affine

Technical term in mathematics, used prenominally to describe functions, transformations, spaces, etc. that preserve collinearity and ratios of distances.

• アフィン変へん換かんは、直ちょく線せんを直ちょく線せんに写うつす。

  An affine transformation maps lines to lines.

• この問もん題だいはアフィン幾き何か学がくの範はん囲いで扱あつかえる。

  This problem can be handled within the scope of affine geometry.