noun🔗SharePariente político(genealogy) A relative by marriage, an in-law.""My brother's wife's sister is my affine, but we're also good friends." "La hermana de la esposa de mi hermano es mi pariente político, pero también somos buenos amigos.familyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAfilar, refinarTo refine."To affine his cooking skills, the chef took a course in French cuisine. "Para refinar sus habilidades culinarias, el chef tomó un curso de cocina francesa.processscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareAsignando valores finitos a cantidades finitasAssigning finite values to finite quantities."The student's grade was calculated using an affine function, where each completed assignment contributed a fixed, positive value to the final score. "La calificación del estudiante se calculó utilizando una función afín, donde cada tarea completada contribuyó con un valor fijo y positivo a la calificación final.mathtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareAfínOf or pertaining to a function expressible as f(\vec x)= A \vec x + \vec b (where A is a linear transformation and \vec b is a constant), which, regarded as a transformation, maps parallel lines to parallel lines and finite points to finite points."The photocopy machine applies an affine transformation to the original document, scaling and shifting the image while preserving parallel lines. "La fotocopiadora aplica una transformación afín al documento original, escalando y desplazando la imagen mientras conserva las líneas paralelas.mathtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareAfín, relacionadoOf two materials, having mutual affinity."Because Maria and her sister shared affine personalities, they naturally understood each other's feelings and motivations. "Debido a que María y su hermana compartían personalidades afines, naturalmente se entendían los sentimientos y las motivaciones de la otra.materialchemistryscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading