plural of chemical affinity

(algebraic geometry) A set of points (in n-dimensional space) which satisfy a set of equations which have a polynomial of n variables on one side and a zero on the other side.

Exhibiting self-affinity.

plural of affine variety

plural of affine combination

plural of electron affinity

plural of affine geometry

(geometry) Said of a set of points in an affine space: the property that the vectors issuing from an arbitrarily chosen point to the rest of the points are linearly independent.

(differential geometry) A type of differential geometry in which the differential invariants studied are invariant under volume-preserving affine transformations.