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Answer for the clue "Person related by marriage ", 6 letters:
affine

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
1 (context mathematics English) Assigning finite values to finite quantities. 2 (context mathematics English) Of a function, expressible as f(vec x)= A vec x + vec b (which is not linear, but is similar). 3 (context mathematics English) Of or pertaining ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. related by marriage [syn: affinal ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Affine \Af*fine"\, v. t. [F. affiner to refine; ? (L. ad) + fin fine. See Fine .] To refine. [Obs.] --Holland.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Affine may refer to: Affine cipher , a special case of the more general substitution cipher Affine combination , a certain kind of constrained linear combination Affine connection , a connection on the tangent bundle of a differentiable manifold Affine ...

Usage examples of affine.

How the Lithians modulated them to carry information-not only messages, but the amazing navigational grid, the planet-wide time-signal system, and much more-was something as remote from Ruiz-Sanchez' understanding as affine theory, although Cleaver said it was all perfectly simple once you understood it.

But, hell, the universe is full of things I can’t understand, like women or affine geometry or Arzethian politics, and so what?

Era, asseriva, un mistico affine di Jesse James, Dillinger, Al Capone, i Dalton, Lucky Luciano e legioni di altri, e Johnny li amava tutti, questi leggendari fratelli di sangue e di rapina.