noun🔗ShareAny entity formed by joining two or more smaller entities together."In biology class, we learned that a conjugate can form when two bacteria temporarily join to exchange genetic material. "compoundgrammarlanguagestructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(of a complex number) A complex conjugate."The conjugate of the complex number 3 + 2i is 3 - 2i. "mathnumberChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMore generally, any of a set of irrational or complex numbers that are zeros of the same polynomial with integral coefficients."In his math class, the student learned that √2 and -√2 form a conjugate pair because they are both solutions to the polynomial equation x² - 2 = 0. "mathnumberChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(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."In the field extension of complex numbers over real numbers, the conjugate of the imaginary number i is -i, because both are roots of the polynomial x² + 1. "mathtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn explementary angle."The 60-degree angle is the conjugate of the 120-degree angle. "mathChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(grammar) A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in meaning."In Spanish class, we learned that "cantar" (to sing) and "cantante" (singer) are conjugates, sharing a similar root and related meaning. "grammarlinguisticslanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA weak and a strong antigen covalently linked together"The conjugate vaccine was effective at protecting children from the flu. "medicinebiochemistrybiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(grammar) To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses."The teacher asked us to conjugate the verb "to be" in the present tense: "I am, you are, he/she/it is, we are, you are, they are." "grammarlanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo multiply on the left by one element and on the right by its inverse."To solve the math problem, we need to conjugate the matrix by the transformation matrix. "mathChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo join together, unite; to juxtapose."The teacher asked the students to conjugate the verb "to be" in different tenses. "languagegrammarlinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(of bacteria and algae) To temporarily fuse, exchanging or transferring DNA."During reproduction, some bacteria conjugate by forming a bridge to share genetic material, which can help them develop resistance to antibiotics. "biologymicroorganismsexChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareUnited in pairs; yoked together; coupled."The two students were conjugate partners for the history project, working together on all the research. "grammarlanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareIn single pairs; coupled."The biologist observed the conjugate paramecia under the microscope, noting how the two cells were temporarily joined for genetic exchange. "biologyorganismChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareContaining two or more radicals supposed to act the part of a single one."The complex chemical formula showed a conjugate acid-base pair, where one molecule donated a proton to the other. "chemistrycompoundChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share(grammar) Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; said of words.""Run" and "running" are conjugate words because they share the same root meaning related to movement. "grammarlinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗SharePresenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; said of quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc."The x and y axes of this hyperbola are conjugate, defining the symmetrical shape of the curve. "mathphysicstechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading