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conjugation
[ kon-juh-gey-shuhn ]
noun
- Grammar.
- the inflection of verbs.
- the whole set of inflected forms of a verb or the recital or display thereof in a fixed order:
The conjugation of the Latin verb amo begins amō, amas, amat.
- a class of verbs having similar sets of inflected forms:
the Latin second conjugation.
- an act of joining:
a conjugation of related ideas.
- the state of being joined together; union; conjunction.
- Biology.
- the reproductive process in ciliate protozoans in which two organisms of different mating types exchange nuclear material through a temporary area of fusion.
- temporary union or permanent fusion as a form of sexual reproduction in certain algae and fungi, the male gametes of one organism uniting with female gametes of the other.
- a temporary union of two bacteria, in Escherichia and related groups, in which genetic material is transferred by migration of a plasmid, either solitary or as part of a chromosome, from one bacterium, the donor, to the other, the recipient; sometimes also including the transfer of resistance to antibiotics.
conjugation
/ ˌkɒndʒʊˈɡeɪʃən /
noun
- grammar
- inflection of a verb for person, number, tense, voice, mood, etc
- the complete set of the inflections of a given verb
- a joining, union, or conjunction
- a type of sexual reproduction in ciliate protozoans involving the temporary union of two individuals and the subsequent migration and fusion of the gametic nuclei
- (in bacteria) the direct transfer of DNA between two cells that are temporarily joined
- the union of gametes, esp isogametes, as in some algae and fungi
- the pairing of chromosomes in the early phase of a meiotic division
- chem the existence of alternating double or triple bonds in a chemical compound, with consequent electron delocalization over part of the molecule
conjugation
/ kŏn′jə-gā′shən /
- A type of sexual reproduction in single-celled organisms, such as bacteria and some algae and fungi, in which two organisms or cells from the same species join together to exchange genetic material before undergoing cell division.
- The fusion of two gametes to form a zygote, as in some algae and fungi.
Derived Forms
- ˌconjuˈgational, adjective
- ˌconjuˈgationally, adverb
Other Words From
- conju·gation·al adjective
- conju·gation·al·ly adverb
- noncon·ju·gation noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of conjugation1
Example Sentences
As the first conjugation is a so-called "living" conjugation, it is the termination of many new verbs.
This was known as conjugation, and is seen among Paramecia and some other species to-day.
In the Spanish Romany the verbs are all conjugated on the model of the first conjugation of the Castilian verbs.
I was myself flogged fifteen times in one forenoon, over the conjugation of a verb.
This zygoblast only becomes free after the process of conjugation, as described below.
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