affine Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (anthropology) kin by marriage
  2. adjective (mathematics) of or pertaining to the geometry of affine transformations
  3. adjective satellite (anthropology) related by marriage
    affinal.

WordNet

Af*fine" transitive verb
Etymology
F. affiner to refine; (L. ad) + fin fine. See Fine.
Definitions
  1. To refine. Obs. Holland.

Webster 1913