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English

/ˌkɒnd͡ʒəˈɡeɪʃən/, /ˌkɑnd͡ʒəˈɡeɪʃən/

noun
Definitions
  • The coming together of things; union.
  • (biology) The temporary fusion of organisms, especially as part of sexual reproduction
  • Sexual relations within marriage
  • (grammar) In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs according to what inflections they take.
  • (grammar) The act of conjugating a verb.
  • (grammar) The conjugated forms of a verb.
  • (chemistry) A system of delocalized orbitals consisting of alternating single bonds and double bonds
  • (mathematics) A mapping sending x to gxg, where g and x are elements of a group; inner automorphism
  • (mathematics) A function which negates the non-real part of a complex or hypercomplex number; complex conjugation

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin coniugātiō (connecting, combining, conjugation) suffix from English conjugate root from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (join, yoke, harness, unite, tie together).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*yewg-

Gloss

join, yoke, harness, unite, tie together

Concept
Semantic Field

Spatial relations

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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