conjugate adj

1 joined together especially in a pair or pairs [syn: conjugated, coupled]

2 of a pinnate leaflet; having only one pair of leaflets

3 formed by the union of two compounds; "a conjugated protein" [syn: conjugated]

4 of an organic compound; containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond [syn: conjugated] n : 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 [syn: conjugate solution]

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 undergo conjugation

English

Verb

1. To list the inflected forms of 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' (or 'thou art'), 'he/she/it is', 'we are', 'you are', 'they are'.

Related terms

• conjugation
• conjugator

See also

• decline
• inflect

Translations

• Catalan: conjugar
• Czech: časovat
• Dutch: vervoegen
• Finnish: taivuttaa
• French: conjuguer
• German: konjugieren
• Greek: κλίνω [ˈklino̞] [active (has also a lot of other meanings such as: "deject", "incline", "inflect", "shelve" or "slope")], κλίνομαι [ˈklino̞ˌme̞] [passive (proportional attitude)]
• Hebrew: להטות (le'hat'ot)
• Spanish: conjugar
• Swedish: böja

Noun

conjugate (plural conjugates)

1. Any entity formed by joining two or more smaller entities together.
2. (of a complex number) A complex conjugate.

Translations

• Finnish: konjugaatti (complex conjugate = kompleksikonjugaatti, liittoluku)
• Swedish: konjugat
• Russian: сопряжённый

Conjugal redirects here. For the type of prison visit, see conjugal visit.

Conjugation may refer to:

• Grammatical conjugation, the modification of a verb from its basic form.
  • Latin conjugation, Spanish conjugation and the English verb, each with complex conjugation forms.
• Marriage, relationship between two or more individuals.

In mathematics:

• Complex conjugation, the operation which multiplies the imaginary part of a complex number by −1; see also conjugate element (field theory).
• The conjugate transpose of a matrix with complex entries is created by taking the transpose of the matrix and the complex conjugate of each entry.
• A conjugate in algebra is similar to a complex conjugate, but is used to rationalize the denominator of a fraction.
• In group theory, if a is an element of a group, then the map f(x) = axa−1 is called conjugation by a. See inner automorphism, conjugacy class, conjugate closure, and conjugation of isometries in Euclidean space.
• Topological conjugation, which identifies equivalent dynamical systems.
• Conjugate points, in differential geometry.
• Conjugate prior, in probability theory, a family of prior probability distributions.
• Convex conjugate, generalization of the Legendre transformation. Also known as Legendre-Fenchel transformation or Fenchel transformation.
• A Conjugate element in field theory.

In the biosciences:

• In biology, transmission of DNA without fusion of gametes. This includes bacterial conjugation, which takes place without fusion; conjugation in ciliates, which involves fusion of nuclei but not cells; and conjugation in certain algae and fungi, which involves fusion of cells but not filaments.
• In immunology, a conjugate vaccine
• In metabolism, conjugation is a biochemical process to bind a substance to an acid and thereby deactivating its biological activity, making it water-soluble, and facilitating its excretion.

In chemistry:

• a conjugate acid-base pair is one base and one acid which differ from each other by one proton (H+), as defined by the Brønsted-Lowry acid-base theory
• In organic chemistry, a conjugated system is a system of atoms covalently bonded with alternating single and multiple bonds.
• In biochemistry: (see metabolism above)

In physics:

• Conjugate variables (thermodynamics), the internal energy of a system.
• Conjugate quantities, in quantum physics, are observables that are linked by the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, such as position and momentum.

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