conjugate

IPA: kɑndʒʌgˈeɪt

Any entity formed by joining two or more smaller entities together.
(algebra, of a complex number) A complex conjugate.
(algebra) More generally, any of a set of irrational or complex numbers that are zeros of the same polynomial with integral coefficients.
(algebra, field theory, of an element of an extension field) 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.
(mathematics) An explementary angle.
(grammar) A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in meaning.
(immunology) A weak and a strong antigen covalently linked together

(grammar, transitive) To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses; to list or recite its principal parts.
(mathematics) To multiply on the left by one element and on the right by its inverse.
(rare) To join together, to unite; to juxtapose.
(biology, of bacteria and algae) To temporarily fuse, exchanging or transferring DNA.

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

Examples of "conjugate" in Sentences

It is the isotomic conjugate of the Gergonne point.
The isogonal conjugate of the circumcenter is the orthocenter.
The polysaccharide attached to the protein is known as a conjugate vaccine.
The stem of the conjugated verb may change a bit depending on the conjugation.
Brönsted-Lowry bases are paired with acids, forming what is referred to as conjugate pairs.
"For example, we believe it's feasible to create a C60-vancomycin conjugate that attaches to anthrax while it is still in the spore form."
When injected, these so-called conjugate vaccines spur the immune system to create antibodies to fight the tiny, addictive-drug molecules.
Rice Chemistry Professor Lon Wilson decided to create a buckyball-vancomycin conjugate following years of work developing biochemical targeting mechanisms for buckyballs, spherical cages containing 60 carbon molecules.
Inc (TSX-V: KLH): Stellar's product, KLH, is a potent immuno-stimulatory protein with an exceptional record of safety and non-toxicity in humans that is being used in medicines known as conjugate therapeutic vaccines and in other biomedical products.