Conjugation Definition

kŏnjə-gāshən
conjugations
noun
conjugations
The act of conjugating.
American Heritage Medicine
A conjugating or being conjugated; union.
Webster's New World
The inflection of a particular verb.
American Heritage
A methodical presentation or arrangement of the inflectional forms of a verb; paradigm.
Webster's New World
The act or process of producing such an arrangement or paradigm.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Conjugation

Noun

Singular:
conjugation
Plural:
conjugations

Origin of Conjugation

  • Borrowing from Latin coniugātiō, from coniugō (“join, unite together”), from con- (“with”) + iugō (“join, bind, connect”).

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Conjugation Sentence Examples

  • Reproduction by conjugation is also known as isogamy, by fertilization as oogamy.

  • It is known that zoogametes, which usually conjugate, may, when conjugation fails, germinate directly (Sphaerella).

  • It would seem that in some cases the nuclei of the gametes remain distinct in the zygospore for a considerable time after conjugation.

  • It appears that conjugation does not reduce the basicity of the [pi]-bond sufficiently to inhibit such bonding.

  • The team can also undertake the preparation of antigens, including conjugation of haptens to generate immunogens.

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Words Starting With

CCOCON

Words Ending With

NONION

Unscrambles

conjugation

Words Starting With C and Ending With N

Starts With C & Ends With NStarts With CO & Ends With NStarts With C & Ends With ON

Word Length

11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With C11 Letter Words Ending With N