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conjugates

noun

Meaning

  1. Any entity formed by joining two or more smaller entities together.
  2. (of a complex number) A complex conjugate.
  3. More generally, any of a set of irrational or complex numbers that are zeros of the same polynomial with integral coefficients.
  4. (of an element of an extension field) 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.
  5. An explementary angle.
  6. (grammar) A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in meaning.
  7. (grammar) To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses.
  8. To multiply on the left by one element and on the right by its inverse.
  9. To join together, unite; to juxtapose.
  10. (of bacteria and algae) To temporarily fuse, exchanging or transferring DNA.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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