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”).
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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences 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'.
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Mathematics, Sciences To multiply on the left by one element and on the right by its inverse.
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”).
Algebra, Mathematics, Sciences More generally, any of a set of irrational or complex numbers that are zeros of the same polynomial with integral coefficients.
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Algebra, Mathematics, Sciences 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.
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”).
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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:
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Biology, Botany, Natural sciences In single pairs; coupled.
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Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Containing two or more radicals supposed to act the part of a single one.
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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; said of words.
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Mathematics, Sciences Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; said of quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc.