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conjugate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɒn.d͡ʒə.ɡət/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈkɔn.d͡ʒə.ɡət/ (Australia)
  • /ˈkɑn.d͡ʒə.ɡət/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) United in pairs; yoked together; coupled.
    • Some of the most widely-applied Gresley features will doubtless long remain a subject of controversy among locomotive engineers, and in particular his patent conjugate valve-motion for 3-cylinder engines, whereby the piston-valve of the middle cylinder derives its motion from the two outside Walschaerts valve-gears. 1941 June, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 290:
  2. (not-comparable) In single pairs; coupled.
  3. (not-comparable) Containing two or more radicals supposed to act the part of a single one.
  4. (not-comparable) Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; said of words.
  5. (not-comparable) Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; said of quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc.

Antonyms

dysconjugate

Deriveds

conjugate transpose · conjugate acid · unconjugate · complex conjugate root theorem · conjugateness · conjugate redox pair · conjugate angle · self-conjugate · conjugate axis · isoconjugate · conjugate mirror · conjugate angles · semiconjugate · conjugate acid-base pair · conjugate base · biconjugate · conjugate-linear · conjugately · transpose conjugate · disconjugate · nonconjugate

Relateds

conjugation · conjugal

Synonyms

paired

Translations (2)

hu konjugált (chemistry: containing two or more radicals supposed to act the part of a single one) · pl sprzężony (chemistry: containing two or more radicals supposed to act the part of a single one)

wikipedia: Middle English · wikipedia: Classical Latin

conjugate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɒn.d͡ʒə.ɡət/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈkɔn.d͡ʒə.ɡət/ (Australia)
  • /ˈkɑn.d͡ʒə.ɡət/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

  1. Any entity formed by joining two or more smaller entities together.
  2. (of a complex number) A complex conjugate.
  3. More generally, any of a set of irrational or complex numbers that are zeros of the same polynomial with integral coefficients.
  4. (of an element of an extension field, qualifier:field theory) Given a field extension L / K and an element α ∈ L, any other element β ∈ L that is another root of the minimal polynomial of α over K.
  5. A type of pelvic measurement.
  6. An explementary angle.
  7. A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in meaning.
    • 17th c, John Bramhall, We have learned in logic, that conjugates are sometimes in name only, and not in deed.
  8. A weak and a strong antigen covalently linked together

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
conjugates Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

neoconjugate · nanoconjugate · neoglycoconjugate · polyconjugate · fucoconjugate · Hermitian conjugate · bioconjugate · lipoconjugate · sialoconjugate · sulfoconjugate · radioconjugate · galactoconjugate · immunoconjugate · conjugase · glycoconjugate · monoconjugate · homoconjugate

Translations (11)

pt conjugado (entity formed by joining smaller ones) · fi konjugaatti (entity formed by joining smaller ones) · pl kąt sprzężony (math: explementary angle) · ru объедине́ние (entity formed by joining smaller ones) · it esplementare (math: explementary angle) · pl sprzężenie zespolone (math: complex conjugate) · pl pierwiastek sprzężony (math: any of a set of zeros of a polynomial) · fi eksplementtikulma (math: explementary angle) · fi yhdistelmä (entity formed by joining smaller ones) · bg съединение (entity formed by joining smaller ones) · pl koniugat (entity formed by joining smaller ones)

wikipedia: Middle English · wikipedia: Classical Latin

conjugate en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɑn.d͡ʒə.ɡeɪt/ (Canada, General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈkɒn.d͡ʒə.ɡeɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈkɔn.d͡ʒə.ɡæɪt/ (Australia)

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses; to list or recite its principal parts.
    • 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. To multiply on the left by one element and on the right by its inverse.
  3. (rare) To join together, to unite; to juxtapose.
    • The effects of hunger were often conjugated with epidemic disease. 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 55:
  4. (of bacteria and algae) To temporarily fuse, exchanging or transferring DNA.

Forms

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conjugating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
conjugated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
conjugated Tense=Past lexicographic
conjugates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Coordinates

decline

Deriveds

reconjugate · deconjugate · conjugative · conjugator · glycoconjugate · conjugatable · misconjugate · transconjugate · conjugable · homoconjugate

Hypernyms

inflect

Translations (56)

ru проспряга́ть (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · nl vervoegen (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · sk časovať (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · da bøje (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · kk жіктеу (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · sh konjugírati (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · nrf conjudgi (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · sv konjugera (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · vo konyugön (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · pt conjugar (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · ast conxugar (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · ca conjugar (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · mk конјуги́ра (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · pl koniugować (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · sh коњуги́рати (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · ru проспряга́ться (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · ru спряга́ться (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · uk дієвідмі́нювати (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · es conjugar (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · vi chia động từ (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · fr conjuguer (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · gd co-naisg (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · az dəyişdirmək (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · el κλίνω (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · is beygja (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · ka უღლება (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · ro conjuga (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · et pöörama (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · el κλίνομαι [passive] (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · tr çekimlemek (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · fi taivuttaa (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · az şəxsləndirmək (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · cs časovat (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · scn cuniugari (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · he הִטָּה (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · lb konjugéieren (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · ru спряга́ть (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · bg спряга́м (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · fo benda (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · gl conxugar (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · kw kesyewa (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · sl spregati (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · be спрага́ць (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · oc conjugar (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · az təsrif etmək (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · uk відмі́нювати (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · pl odmienić czasownik (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · it coniugare (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · hy խոնարհել (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · hu ragoz (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · cmn 變位 /变位 (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · pl odmieniać czasownik (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · sv böja (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · de konjugieren (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · io konjugar (to inflect (a verb) for each person) · pl koniugować ((in biology) to temporarily fuse)

wikipedia: Middle English · wikipedia: Classical Latin