conjugated
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• adjective
In grammar, having been inflected to indicate person, number, tense, mood, or voice.
"In the Spanish sentence, the conjugated verb clearly indicates the subject without needing a pronoun."
In organic chemistry, having alternating single and multiple bonds in a molecule, allowing delocalization of electrons across adjacent atoms.
"Beta-carotene owes its vibrant orange color to a long chain of conjugated double bonds."
In biochemistry and immunology, chemically joined or coupled with another substance or molecule, such as a protein combined with a prosthetic group or a toxin linked to a carrier.
"Infants typically receive a conjugated vaccine that links bacterial polysaccharides to a carrier protein to strengthen the immune response."
• verb
To inflect a verb in its various forms to show tense, mood, voice, number, and person (past tense and past participle of conjugate).
"The students conjugated the irregular French verbs on the chalkboard during language class."
To join, couple, or link together, especially of chemical compounds or biological cells undergoing genetic exchange (past tense and past participle of conjugate).
"The researchers conjugated the therapeutic antibody to a fluorescent dye to track its movement in tissue."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the verb conjugate, from Latin coniugatus, past participle of coniugare ('to yoke together, join'), formed from com- ('together') and iugare ('to join, yoke'), from iugum ('yoke').