affector

English

Etymology

affect + -or

Noun

affector (plural affectors)

  1. A nerve cell that directly activates a muscle
    • 2015 July 10, “Data-Driven Method to Estimate Nonlinear Chemical Equivalence”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      This condition is intuitive: if the sigmoid-like positive and negative affectors that compose the biphasic equation were positioned “further apart” by increasing the interval lnK + − lnK - (e.g., Fig B in S1 File ), then saturation levels for the positive affector more closely match the starting levels of the negative affector, and in sigmoid models that exhibit very good agreement with the overall biphasic relationship.

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From affectō.

Pronunciation

Verb

affector (present infinitive affectārī, perfect active affectātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to strive eagerly after
  2. to have an inclination for, to become attached to

Conjugation

   Conjugation of affector (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present affector affectāris,
affectāre
affectātur affectāmur affectāminī affectantur
imperfect affectābar affectābāris,
affectābāre
affectābātur affectābāmur affectābāminī affectābantur
future affectābor affectāberis,
affectābere
affectābitur affectābimur affectābiminī affectābuntur
perfect affectātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect affectātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect affectātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present affecter affectēris,
affectēre
affectētur affectēmur affectēminī affectentur
imperfect affectārer affectārēris,
affectārēre
affectārētur affectārēmur affectārēminī affectārentur
perfect affectātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect affectātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present affectāre affectāminī
future affectātor affectātor affectantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives affectārī affectātum esse affectātūrum esse
participles affectāns affectātus affectātūrus affectandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
affectandī affectandō affectandum affectandō affectātum affectātū

Verb

affector

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of affectō

References

  • affector”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • affector in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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