AFFINE TRANSFORMATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does affine transformation mean? 

• AFFINE TRANSFORMATION (noun)
  The noun AFFINE TRANSFORMATION has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: AFFINE TRANSFORMATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AFFINE TRANSFORMATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("affine transformation" is a kind of...):

transformation ((mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)