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con·ju·gate

UK/ˈkɒn.d͡ʒə.ɡət/ US/ˈkɑn.d͡ʒə.ɡət/ common
noun (1) verb (3) adjective (4)

noun

1.

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

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verb

1.

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

2.

add inflections showing person, number, gender, tense, aspect, etc.

  • “conjugate the verb”
3.

adjective

1.

joined together especially in a pair or pairs

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2.

of a pinnate leaflet; having only one pair of leaflets

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3.

formed by the union of two compounds

  • “a conjugated protein”
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4.

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

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Origin

The adjective (as “combined, united”) and noun are first attested in 1471, in Middle English, the verb in 1530; partly from Middle English conjugat(e) (“combined, united”), partly directly borrowed from New Latin coniugātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin coniugō (“to yoke together, combine; (New Latin) to conjugate, decline, inflect”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from con- (“with”) + iugō (“to join”). In Classical Latin, the word for conjugate (grammar) was dēclīnō, coniugō is a later back-formation from post-classical coniugātiō (“conjugation, declension”).

Phrases

  • complex conjugate root theorem
  • conjugate acid
  • conjugate acid-base pair
  • conjugate angle
  • conjugate angles
  • conjugate axis
  • conjugate base
  • conjugate mirror
  • Hermitian conjugate

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