Definition of Affine transformation

1. Noun. (mathematics) a transformation that is a combination of single transformations such as translation or rotation or reflection on an axis.

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Generic synonyms: Transformation

Definition of Affine transformation

1. Noun. (geometry linear algebra) a linear transformation between vector spaces followed by a translation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Affine Transformation

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affiliation
affiliations
affiliative
affinage
affinal
affination
affine
affine arithmetic
affine combination
affine geometry
affine group
affine groups
affine space
affine spaces
affine transformation (current term)
affine transformations
affined
affinely
affines
affineur
affineurs
affining
affinitative
affinities
affinitive
affinity
affinity adsorbent
affinity antibody
affinity chromatography

Literary usage of Affine transformation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plane and Solid Analytic Geometry by William Fogg Osgood, William Caspar Graustein (1921)
"16. a/ = 5x + 2, y'= — 3x — l. 17. x>=^=-M-6, y' = ^±M + 3. V2 V2 6. The General affine transformation. By the title is meant the transformation . f x' = ax ..."

2. L1-statistical Procedures and Related Topics by Yadolah Dodge (1997)
"... leads to parameter estimates that are not equivariant and to statistical tests that are not invariant under general affine transformation of the data, ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The affine transformation is protective; that is, it transforms every straight line into a straight line. AFFINITY. In law, the connection existing in ..."

4. Projective Geometry by Oswald Veblen, John Wesley Young (1918)
"Both of these transformations have the same finite fixed elements as T.* 12. Let T be an affine transformation, -Ij a variable point, yl2 = T(-41), ..."

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