affine plane
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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) if p and L are a given point and line such that p is not on L, then there exists exactly one line that passes through p and does not intersect L, and (3) there exist three noncollinear points.
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