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From below the trichogyne, however, spring several branches, which run to the ends of adjacent branches, with the apical cells of which they conjugate, and the result of this conjugation is the development of a cystocarp similar to that of Coleochćte.

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  1. noun The act of conjugating.
  2. noun The state of being conjugated.
  3. noun Grammar The inflection of a particular verb.
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  • As the first conjugation is a so-called “living” conjugation, it is the termination of many new verbs. —  Frederic Mistral
  • "Understanding the de-conjugation of Trastuzumab-MCC-DM1 through application of a multi-compartmental model of individual drug: antibody species in cynomolgus monkey" (abstract # 2914) - Apr. 20, 1: 00 PM - 5: 00 PM; Poster Section 37; Board
  • In some instances, the conjugation is not equal - there may be one donor and one recepient - the latter being an individual without a micronucleus to begin with. —  ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
  • They know what a conjugation is, what a tone is, what a declension is and they operate within those grammatical terms.
  • After that she kind of coasted merely inventing AP-Azodye conjugation, characterizing a couple bacterial toxins and doing the first separation of proteins via —  Popular Posts Across MetaFilter
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  1. = French conjugaison = Provencal conjugatio = Spanish conjugacion = Portuguese conjugação = Italian conjugazione = Dutch conjugatie = German conjugation = Danish Swedish konjugation, from . L. conjugatio(n-), a joining, etymological relationship, in Late Latin conjugation (for which the earlier term was declinatio(n-): see declension), from conjugare, past participle conjugatus, join: see conjugate, v.
 

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/kɑndʒuˈgæʃən/
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