conjugate

[con·ju·gate]

Conjugate is what you do to a word to make it agree with other words in a sentence. If you’ve studied a foreign language, you know that sometimes you can conjugate a verb just by changing its endings.

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United in pairs; yoked together; coupled.

Noun
a mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another of B in A

Verb
unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds

Verb
undergo conjugation

Verb
add inflections showing person, number, gender, tense, aspect, etc.; "conjugate the verb"

Adjective S.
of an organic compound; containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond

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Adjective S.
formed by the union of two compounds; "a conjugated protein"

Adjective S.
of a pinnate leaflet; having only one pair of leaflets

Adjective S.
joined together especially in a pair or pairs


a.
United in pairs; yoked together; coupled.

a.
In single pairs; coupled.

a.
Containing two or more radicals supposed to act the part of a single one.

a.
Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; -- said of words.

a.
Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; -- frequently used in pure and applied mathematics with reference to two quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc.

n.
A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in signification.

n.
A complex radical supposed to act the part of a single radical.

v. t.
To unite in marriage; to join.

v. t.
To inflect (a verb), or give in order the forms which it assumed in its several voices, moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.

v. i.
To unite in a kind of sexual union, as two or more cells or individuals among the more simple plants and animals.


Conjugate

Con"ju*gate , a. [L. conjugatus, p.p. or conjugare to unite; con- + jugare to join, yoke, marry, jugum yoke; akin to jungere to join. See Join.] 1. United in pairs; yoked together; coupled. 2. (Bot.) In single pairs; coupled. 3. (Chem.) Containing two or more radicals supposed to act the part of a single one. [R.] 4. (Gram.) Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; -- said of words. 5. (Math.) Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; -- frequently used in pure and applied mathematics with reference to two quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc. Conjugate axis of a hyperbola (Math.), the line through the center of the curve, perpendicular to the line through the two foci. -- Conjugate diameters (Conic Sections), two diameters of an ellipse or hyperbola such that each bisects all chords drawn parallel to the other. -- Conjugate focus (Opt.) See under Focus. -- Conjugate mirrors (Optics), two mirrors so placed that rays from the focus of one are received at the focus of the other, especially two concave mirrors so placed that rays proceeding from the principal focus of one and reflected in a parallel beam are received upon the other and brought to the principal focus. -- Conjugate point (Geom.), an acnode. See Acnode, and Double point. -- Self-conjugate triangle (Conic Sections), a triangle each of whose vertices is the pole of the opposite side with reference to a conic.

Conjugate

Con`ju*gate , n. [L. conjugatum a combining, etymological relationship.] 1. A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in signification.
We have learned, in logic, that conjugates are sometimes in name only, and not in deed.
2. (Chem.) A complex radical supposed to act the part of a single radical. [R.]

Conjugate

Con"ju*gate , v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conjugated; p.pr. & vb.n. Conjugating.] 1. To unite in marriage; to join. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton. 2. (Gram.) To inflect (a verb), or give in order the forms which it assumed in its several voices, moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.

Conjugate

Con"ju*gate, v. i. (Biol.) To unite in a kind of sexual union, as two or more cells or individuals among the more simple plants and animals.

United in pairs; yoked together; coupled.

A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in signification.

To unite in marriage; to join.

To unite in a kind of sexual union, as two or more cells or individuals among the more simple plants and animals.

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