affine transformation
affine transformation noun: a geometric transformation that preserves lines and parallelism, but in general not lengths or angles; (more formally) an automorphism of an affine space: a mapping of an affine space onto itself that preserves both the dimension of any affine subspace and the ratio of the lengths of any pair of parallel line segments.
Noun
affine transformation (plural affine transformations)
- A geometric transformation that preserves lines and parallelism, but in general not lengths or angles; (more formally) an automorphism of an affine space: a mapping of an affine space onto itself that preserves both the dimension of any affine subspace and the ratio of the lengths of any pair of parallel line segments.
- An affine transformation does not in general preserve angles between lines or distances between points, but it does preserve ratios of distances between points lying on a straight line.
- Given an affine space X, every affine transformation on X can be represented as the composition of a linear transformation on X and a translation of X.
- Synonyms:
- affinity
affine transformation meaning in Tamil
affine transformation in Tamil
- கேண்முறை உருமாற்றம்
Synonyms of affine transformation
Forms of affine transformation
| plural | affine transformations |
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Words formed from affine transformation
- affine transformation matrix
Questions about affine transformation
- What does affine transformation mean?
- Affine transformation means a geometric transformation that preserves lines and parallelism, but in general not lengths or angles; (more formally) an automorphism of an affine space: a mapping of an affine space onto itself that preserves both the dimension of any affine subspace and the ratio of the lengths of any pair of parallel line segments.
- What is affine transformation in Tamil?
- Affine transformation in Tamil is கேண்முறை உருமாற்றம். See Affine transformation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is affine transformation?
- Affine transformation is a noun.
- What is the plural of affine transformation?
- The plural of affine transformation is affine transformations.
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