affine noun & adjective.
[ǝ'fʌɪn] E16.[formed as AFFINAL or Old French afin (mod. affin).]A. noun. A relation by marriage; a kinsman, a kinswoman.
E16.b. adjective.
1. Closely related.
M17.2. Math. That allows of or preserves parallelism.
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