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noun

• 1the formation or existence of a link or connection between things, in particular.
• Biology the temporary union of two bacteria or unicellular organisms for the exchange of genetic material.
• Biology the fusion of two gametes, especially when they are of a similar size.
• chiefly Biochemistry the combination of two substances:toxic compounds eliminated from the body by conjugation with glutathione
• Chemistry the sharing of electron density between nearby multiple bonds in a molecule.
• Mathematics the solution of a problem by transforming it into an equivalent problem of a different form, solving this, and then reversing the transformation.

• 2 Grammar the variation of the form of a verb in an inflected language such as Latin, by which are identified the voice, mood, tense, number, and person.
• the class in which a verb is put according to the manner of this variation:a past participle of the first conjugation