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> af·fine (-fn)
> adj. Mathematics
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> 1.Of or relating to a transformation of coordinates that is
equivalent to a linear transformation followed by a translation.
> 2.Of or relating to the geometry of affine transformations.
>
> [French affin, closely related, from Old French. See affined.]
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> http://www.geom.umn.edu/docs/reference/CRC-formulas/node15.html
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> Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,
Fourth Edition
> Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
> Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
>
> affine \Af*fine"\, v. t. [F. affiner to refine; ? (L. ad) + fin
fine. See Fine.] To refine. [Obs.] --Holland.
>
>
> I think he really means "self-affinity" (although the mathematical
definition does suggest the relationship between very SIMILAR forms).
So "self-affine" would translate into mental masturbation, in my book.
The very prose in which the terminology is used a good example of it.
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> Peter Kosenko
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The Uroborous, Yantra's, Mandala's, Yogic practices of autofellatio
etc......
Ian