conjugate
/ˈkɑn.d͡ʒə.ɡət/ noun C2- Any entity formed by joining two or more smaller entities together.
- A complex conjugate.
- More generally, any of a set of irrational or complex numbers that are zeros of the same polynomial with integral coefficients.
- 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.
- A type of pelvic measurement.
- An explementary angle.
- A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in meaning. · 17th c, John Bramhall, We have learned in logic, that conjugates are sometimes in name only, and not in deed.
- A weak and a strong antigen covalently linked together
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