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Adjective
/ˈkänjəˌgāt/,
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conjugated, past tense; conjugated, past participle; conjugates, 3rd person singular present; conjugating, present participle;
  1. Coupled, connected, or related, in particular

  2. (of an acid or base) Related to the corresponding base or acid by loss or gain of a proton

  3. Joined in a reciprocal relation, esp. having the same real parts and equal magnitudes but opposite signs of imaginary parts

  4. (of angles) Adding up to 360°; (of arcs) combining to form a complete circle

  5. (esp. of gametes) Fused

Verb
  1. Give the different forms of (a verb in an inflected language) as they vary according to voice, mood, tense, number, and person

  2. (of bacteria or unicellular organisms) Become temporarily united in order to exchange genetic material
    • - E. coli only conjugate when one of the cells possesses fertility genes
  3. (of gametes) Become fused

  4. Be combined with or joined to reversibly
    • - bilirubin is then conjugated by liver enzymes and excreted in the bile
Noun
  1. A thing that is conjugate or conjugated, in particular

  2. A substance formed by the reversible combination of two or more others

  3. A mathematical value or entity having a reciprocal relation with another

  1. joined together especially in a pair or pairs
  2. conjugate solution: 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
  3. unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds
  4. (of a pinnate leaflet) having only one pair of leaflets
  5. add inflections showing person, number, gender, tense, aspect, etc.; "conjugate the verb"
  6. formed by the union of two compounds; "a conjugated protein"
  7. In algebra, a conjugate of an element in a quadratic extension field of a field K is its image under the unique non-identity automorphism of the extended field that fixes K. If the extension is generated by a square root of an element r of K, then the conjugate of is for . ...
  8. In mathematics, especially group theory, the elements of any group may be partitioned into conjugacy classes; members of the same conjugacy class share many properties, and study of conjugacy classes of non-abelian groups reveals many important features of their structure. ...
  9. (Conjugation (chemistry)) In chemistry, a conjugated system is a system of connected p-orbitals in compounds with alternating single and multiple bonds. Lone pairs, radicals or carbenium ions may be part of the system. The compound may be cylic, acyclic or both. ...
  10. (Conjugation (genetics)) Bacterial conjugation is the transfer of genetic material between bacterial cells by direct cell-to-cell contact or by a bridge-like connection between two cells. ...
  11. Any entity formed by joining two or more smaller entities together; (of a complex number) A complex conjugate; An explementary angle
  12. (conjugation) The coming together of things; The temporary fusion of organisms, especially as part of sexual reproduction; Sexual relations within marriage; In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs according to what inflections they take; The act of conjugating a verb; A ...
  13. A conjugated pi system is one in which pi bonds alternate with single bonds. The resulting electron distribution gives the intervening single bonds partial double-bond character, the pi electrons become delocalized, and the energy of the system is reduced.
  14. (Conjugates) The expressions + and - are said to be conjugates of each other. Similarly a + bi and a - bi are conjugates.
  15. (conjugation) form of sexual reproduction (exchange of genetic material) used by some unicellular organisms.
  16. (conjugation) a mating process where the temporary union of two one celled organisms results in the exchange of genetic material.
  17. (CONJUGATION) The process by which two bacteria in close proximity exchange a piece of DNA through a hollow tube-like structure called a PILUS. This is also called bacterial mating
  18. (CONJUGATION) the kind of sexual fusion of somatic cells seen in zygomycetes; an adaptation to the absence of motile gametes.
  19. (Conjugation) Alternating double and single bonds. In dyes, it determines the wave length of visiable light that can be absobed  (Le Couteur & Burreson 166)
  20. (Conjugation) In grammar, this term usually indicates one of the following two meanings: [1] The act of conjugating a verb (see "Conjugating a Verb"), or else [2] a class of verb paradigms which all share common characteristics. ...
  21. (Conjugation) In synthetic languages that mark their verbs, a list of the various forms a verb can have. Also used when talking about putting the verb into its appropriate form. Chapter 3.
  22. (Conjugation) The addition of chemical groups to an active drug ingredient with the aim of improving drug performance.
  23. (Conjugation) The mating process in bacteria which require cell to cell contact being established, and in which genes are transferred between cells.
  24. (Conjugation) correspondance between two entities, one being the image of the other ( the object ) through an optical system
  25. (Conjugation) is modifying a verb from its dictionary or principle form. Declension is the modification for nouns and adjectives.