adfected, ppl. a.
(ædˈfɛktɪd)
[A specialized variant of affected.]
Compounded. Of equations in Algebra: Containing different powers of an unknown quantity.
| 1695 W. Alingham Geom. Epit. 89 The Method of finding the root of an adfected equation. 1728 Campbell in Phil. Trans. XXXV. 515 Every adfected quadratick æquation ax2 - Bx + A = o, whose Roots are real. 1870 Todhunter Algebra xx. 169 Quadratic equations which contain the first power of the unknown quantity as well as the square are called adfected quadratics. |