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  1. transitive verb Grammar To inflect (a verb) in its forms for distinctions such as number, person, voice, mood, and tense.
  2. transitive verb To join together.
  3. intransitive verb Biology To undergo conjugation.
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  • Engineers have therefore developed new techniques to overcome this limitation, one of which is multi-conjugate adaptive optics. —  Scientific Blogging
  • The images prove the value of multi-conjugate systems, which use two or more guide stars instead of one as references to sense the atmospheric turbulence in the instrument's field of view, and two or more deformable mirrors to correct for it. —  SpaceRef Top Stories
  • Multi-conjugate adaptive optics maintains a steady sharpness over the whole sky area between the reference objects. —  SpaceRef Top Stories
  • -- "Trastuzumab-DM1 antibody-drug conjugate is efficacious in lapatinib-resistant breast cancer cells" (abstract #2051) - Genentech oral presentation; Apr. 20, 2: 40 PM - 2: 55 PM; Room 705-711. —  StreetInsider.com News Articles
  • "Trastuzumab-DM1 antibody-drug conjugate is efficacious in lapatinib-resistant breast cancer cells" (abstract #2051) - Genentech oral presentation; Apr. 20, 2: 40 PM - 2: 55 PM; Room 705-711. and in vivo activity of trastuzumab-DM1 antibody-drug conjugate combined with GDC-0941,
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  1. Latin coniugāre, coniugāt-, to join together : com-, com- + iugāre, to join (from iugum, yoke; see yeug- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. from Latin conjugatius, past participle of conjugaer) (later Italian congiugare = Spanish Portuguese conjugar = French conjuguer), join together, from com-, together, + jugare, join, yoke, from jugum = English yoke: see join and yoke, and cf. conjoin.
  2. from Latin conjugatus, past participle: see the verb.
 

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/ˈkɑndʒugət/
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