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Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes; as, a delicate thermometer.

a della Crusca in Florence. The Dellacruscan School, a name given in satire to a class of affected English writers, most of whom lived in Florence, about a. d. 1785.

Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity. A cat lay, and looked so demure, as if there had been neither life nor soul in her. L'Estrange. Miss Lizzy, I have no doubt, would be as demure and coquettish, as if ten winters more had gone over her head. Miss Mitford.

That branch of natural philosophy which treats of the properties of sound as affected by passing through different mediums; -- called also diaphonics. See the Note under Acoustics.

, as bismuth, glass, phosphorous, etc., which in a field of magnetic force is differently affected from the ordinary magnetic bodies, as iron; that is, which tends to take a position at right angles to the lines of magnetic force, and is repelled by either pole of the magnet.

State of being disaffected; alienation or want of affection or good will, esp. toward those in authority; unfriendliness; dislike. In the making laws, princes must have regard to . . . the affections and disaffections of the people. Jer. Taylor.

Not disposed to affection; unfriendly; disaffected. [R.] Blount.

Full of dislike; disaffected; malign; disagreeable. [Obs.] Spenser.

To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humored, or malignant. "Distempered spirits." Coleridge.

Affected by "dope"; esp., sluggish or dull as though under the influence of a narcotic. [Slang]

wavering; hesitating in belief; also used, metaphorically, of the body when its action is affected by such a state of mind; as, we are doubtful of a fact, or of the propriety of a measure. Methinks I should know you, and know this man; Yet I am doubtful. Shak. With doubtful feet and wavering resolution. Milton.…

Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged. "Had a drag in his walk." Hazlitt.

Affected with shortness of breath; relating to dyspn

ly of mental power. The body is erect and inflexible; the pulsation and breathing are not affected. Mayne.

Affected with fear; affrighted. Burns.

Pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with, an ægilops, or tumor in the corner of the eye.

tissue consisting of a network of slender and very elastic fibers which are but slightly affected by acids or alkalies. -- Gum elastic, caoutchouc.

An operation that consists in inserting needless in the part affected, and connecting them with the poles of a galvanic apparatus.

Affected with elephantiasis; characteristic of elephantiasis.

The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed.