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affine plane [ə′fīn ‚plān]

(mathematics)

In projective geometry, a plane in which (1) every two points lie on exactly one line, (2) ifpandLare a given point and line such thatpis not onL, then there exists exactly one line that passes throughpand does not intersectL, and (3) there exist three noncollinear points.

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