"affine geometry" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: affine geometries [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} affine geometry (countable and uncountable, plural affine geometries)
  1. (geometry, uncountable) The branch of geometry dealing with what can be deduced in Euclidean geometry when the notions of line length and angle size are ignored. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Geometry Translations (branch of geometry): affine Geometrie [feminine] (German), affin geometria (Hungarian), vildarrúmfræði [feminine] (Icelandic), geometria affine [feminine] (Italian), アフィン幾何学 (Japanese), аффи́нная геоме́трия (affínnaja geométrija) [feminine] (Russian), affin geometri [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-affine_geometry-en-noun-i5qJXM0s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'branch of geometry': 62 38
  2. (countable) A geometry that is otherwise Euclidean but disregards lengths and angle sizes. Tags: countable Related terms: affine connection, affine group, affine space, affine transformation, centro-affine geometry
    Sense id: en-affine_geometry-en-noun-Chq-ZPNA

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