conjugate

verb

• 1 [with object] Grammar give the different forms of (a verb in an inflected language such as Latin) as they vary according to voice, mood, tense, number, and person: conjugating verbs forms part of language study

• 2 [no object] Biology (of bacteria or unicellular organisms) become temporarily united in order to exchange genetic material:E. coli only conjugate when one of the cells possesses fertility genes
• (of gametes) become fused.

• 3 [with object] Chemistry be combined with or joined to reversibly:bilirubin is then conjugated by liver enzymes and excreted in the bile

adjective

• coupled, connected, or related, in particular:
• Chemistry (of an acid or base) related to the corresponding base or acid by loss or gain of a proton.
• Mathematics joined in a reciprocal relation, especially having the same real parts and equal magnitudes but opposite signs of imaginary parts.
• Geometry (of angles) adding up to 360°; (of arcs) combining to form a complete circle.
• Biology (of gametes) fused.

noun

• 1chiefly Biochemistry a substance formed by the reversible combination of two or more others.

• 2a mathematical value or entity having a reciprocal relation with another. See also complex conjugate.