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con·ju·ga·tion (kän′jə gā′s̸hən)
noun
- a conjugating or being conjugated; union
- Biol. any of various types of sexual reproduction in which certain algae, fungi, etc. exchange genetic material
- Gram.
- a methodical presentation or arrangement of the inflectional forms of a verb; paradigm
- the act or process of producing such an arrangement or paradigm
- a class of verbs with similar inflectional forms
Etymology: ME conjugacion < L conjugatio
Related Forms:
- conjugational con′·ju·ga′·tional adjective
- conjugationally con′·ju·ga′·tion·ally adverb
- conjugative con′·ju·ga′·tive adjective
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