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Conjugation
ˌkɒndʒʊˈɡeɪʃn
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- the variation of the form of a verb in an inflected language such as Latin, by which the voice, mood, tense, number, and person are identified
"it was the conjugation of verbs he found most difficult"
- the class in which a verb is put according to the manner of this variation
"a past participle of the first conjugation"
- the temporary union of two bacteria or unicellular organisms for the exchange of genetic material
"immunity may be transferable by conjugation to other bacterial strains"
- the fusion of two gametes, especially when they are of a similar size
- the combination of two substances
"toxic compounds eliminated from the body by conjugation with glutathione"
- the sharing of electron density between nearby multiple bonds in a molecule
- the solution of a problem by transforming it into an equivalent problem of a different form, solving this, and then reversing the transformation