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Webster 1913 Edition

Conjugate

Con′ju-gate

,
Adj.
[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 compounds or 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.

Conˊju-gate

,
Noun.
[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.
Abp. Bramhall.
2.
(Chem.)
A complex compound formed from the non-covalent union of two other comounds, behaving as a single compound.
[R.]

Con′ju-gate

,
Verb.
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 assumes in its several voices, moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.

Con′ju-gate

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

Webster 1828 Edition

Conjugate

CONJUGATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L., to couple; to yoke, to marry. See Join and Yoke.]
1.
To join; to unite in marriage. [Not now used.]
2.
In grammar, to distribute the parts or inflections of a verb, into the several voices, modes, tenses, numbers and persons, so as to show their connections, distinctions, and modes of formation. Literally, to connect all the inflectious of a verb, according to their derivation, or all the variations of one verb. In English, as the verb undergoes few variations, conjugation consists chiefly in combining the words which unitedly form the several tenses in the several persons.

CONJUGATE

,
Noun.
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.

CONJUGATE

,
Adj.
In botany, a conjugate leaf is a pinnate leaf which has only one pair of leaflets; a conjugate raceme has two racemes only, united by a common peduncle.
Conjugate diameter or axis, in geometry, a right line bisecting the transverse diameter; the shortest of the two diameters of an ellipses.

Definition 2024

conjugate

conjugate

English

Verb

conjugate ‎(third-person singular simple present conjugates, present participle conjugating, simple past and past participle conjugated)

  1. (grammar, transitive) To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses.
    In English, the verb 'to be' is conjugated as follows: 'I am', 'you are', 'he/she/it is', 'we are', 'you are', 'they are'.
  2. (mathematics) To multiply on the left by one element and on the right by its inverse.
  3. (rare) To join together, unite; to juxtapose.
    • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 55:
      The effects of hunger were often conjugated with epidemic disease.
  4. (biology) (of bacteria and algae) To temporarily fuse, exchanging or transferring DNA.

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Translations

Noun

conjugate ‎(plural conjugates)

  1. Any entity formed by joining two or more smaller entities together.
  2. (mathematics) (of a complex number) A complex conjugate.
  3. (mathematics) More generally, any of a set of irrational or complex numbers that are zeros of the same polynomial with integral coefficients.
  4. (mathematics) An explementary angle.
  5. (grammar) A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in meaning.
    • Archbishop Bramhall
      We have learned, in logic, that conjugates are sometimes in name only, and not in deed.

Translations

Adjective

conjugate ‎(not comparable)

  1. United in pairs; yoked together; coupled.
  2. (botany) In single pairs; coupled.
  3. (chemistry) Containing two or more radicals supposed to act the part of a single one.
  4. (grammar) Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; said of words.
  5. (mathematics) Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; said of quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc.

Etymology

From the participle stem of Latin coniugāre ‎(“to yoke together”), from con- +‎ iugāre.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒndʒəɡeɪt/

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