0 to have an influence on someone or something, or to cause a change in someone or something: --
1 to pretend to feel or think something: --
At university he affected an upper-class accent.
To all his problems she affected indifference.
2 to have an influence on someone or something: --
3 to pretend to be or have something: --
Since joining the band he’s affected a ridiculous southern accent.
Hatching rates and cell numbers of surviving blastocysts were not affected.
Although the force control performance is affected by the noise generated by the rotating drill, the overall robotic drilling performance remains satisfactory.
The second model considers only deviations which affects the orientation of the endeffector but not its position assuming that the mechanism remains spherical ("model 9").
However, as correlations elucidate relative differences or ranks and not absolute amounts, this should not affect the conclusions.
Furthermore, the way in which this threshold is applied also affects the number and nature of political parties gaining representation.
The papers represented the views of different parties affected by breathlessness or those involved in their care.
It represents administration, health-care professionals, patients, and representatives of the clinical disciplines affected by each issue.
However, there is also an interesting example where alteration of the secondary-structure connectivity is reported not to affect the folding nucleus.
