conjugate 
We have learned in loj^ie that i-mijn/Kites are sometimes 
in ILIUM' only, and not in deed. 
Ah/i. llrumluM, Answer tn llolibc.i. 
2. Iii fill-in,, a subordinate radical associated 
with another, along with which it acts as a sin- 
gle radical. 3. A conjugate axis. Conjugate 
Of a quaternion, another ,|ii:U. -11.1.111 having tin- same 
scalar aii'i tin- \.-rt.,r n \. r.se.l. Harmonic conjugates, 
tVIO [Mint* SO Situated With respect to two Others tllUt 
cither one of the lirst pair is the center o( the harmonic 
mean iih retpecl to tin- other, as a jiole of the 
pair. If four points, A, i!,C',D,inastraiKhtlincareatsuch 
distances that ( A J ( H- gg = -1, then C and D are said to 
IT l,in-i!i> in''- ,:,,ii<i</ii/,-* with respect to A and B, and vice 
ftfM. 
conjugating-tube (kon'jij-ga-ting-tub), n. In 
sonic I'liiijiiiintn; ;is Ifrmiiiiliitreie, a short tube 
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liar to that from which it came. The process Is considered 
a sexual one, though the cells which unite cannot be distin- 
nuished as male and female. 
The conjugation of the Alga; and of some of the sin 
animals Is the Hist step towards sexual reproduction. 
Darwin, Cross and Self Fertilisation, p. 408. 
The . " i/i'/'i't ft',, i ..f two Infus. .ria occurs in verv different 
1IM I lead-, to II or |e,, complete fllsj.'.ll, tllliell, 
after regeneration of the nucleus, is followed by an In- 
ri.a-e in the frequency of fission. Param.e. inm, Mentor, 
Bpiroftoma, during ; oome connected i..\ their 
ventral surfaces; other Infusoria, with a Mat bom Ilk.' 
i>\.vtl|c|nna or I 'hi I. .don, by their sides ; while l.n. in It ... 
Halterla. ('oleiis, join together the anterior extrein:' 
th.ir bodies. Kiving the ap|>eiirance ..f transverse fission. 
A lateral ri.n/ii./niinn also takes place not inlrequently 
in Vortlcella, Trichodina, etc., letween individuals of un- 
>{n:il size, the smaller one having the appearance of a 
bud Claus, Zoology (trans.), I. -'o i. 
conjuncture 
belnmjunrfM. with the mn. 'I In-. h., ever. 11. the CMC 
of ati inferior planet, may ! either when it passes be- 
'th or win n it is ..n the further 
i the HIM ; the former is th ,.1 t!., |att, T 
\ slip. ri.,r plan, t can he in . on 
junction with the MII, only when the MI t line 
h.-t urr'M it anil the earth. 
i;.'d. neither l.y drtiwinv "at. is li..m the ,le ( -p, nor l>y 
us, should I, uit the i.U-r a 
"'<!. ||i-t. Wolld. 
3. In i/rtim., a conned ivi- p.-irti'lc serving to 
unili- 'laii'r.s ..I' .-i -.,.,,(, -I,,-,., (ircoiirdiiuilc HunU 
in tho game sentence or olausf, an.i indit-nting 
tlii-ir relation to one another, 'ih, r.-ai. t..]inn. i 
pal kiu.Uof eonjiin. i 
the former j.iinn.L- , , ;ui) jj e 
Went // 1 eanil I ; the laf 
p. int. lit clause to that on tthi. I. it .! |" n.U las, 1 went 
which protrudes from each of the plants con- conjugational (kon-jo-Ka'shon-al), u. [X "'- "''" " ' '" '" : " ; '""'-' 
\t\trnt\\-lrr t^ ittm.t fliof nf t\ie\ f\t\\n~ Tim * n .n _ I 1 T-_7 T . : " . , i . L , 
jugating, to meet that of the other. The two 
tubes thus meeting become one, and the union 
of the conjugation-bodies takes place in it. 
Conjugation (kon-jy-ga'shon), n. [= F. coiiiu- 
i/inxiiii = I'r. rnHJiiijiitio = Sp. eoiijitt/iu'iiiii = Pg. 
conjuijtiylo = It. <-i>iiji(i/it:ione = I), conjugatie = 
(i. cmiim/tiHou = Dan. Sw kiwiiiw tion<L con- 
Pertaining to or of the nature 
\tion + -,.] 
of conjugation. 
conjugationally (kon-jp-ga'shon-al-i), adv. In 
a conjugal ionul manner. 
any of your readers explain why overlain Is never 
I'lv.Tl.ial origin, an. I s , as. f,,i in-i 
o/jo, share aim -i .-.[nallt toe character of boUi pi 
speech. Comparative conjunction, conditional con- 
lives. Ecliptic conjunction. B* 
conjunction*, an exact conjunction. 
, a eonjinietioii u jthin the plan. 
i ' 
Platic conjunc- 
seen, Imt'ovcrlaid thrust in to do what is ~often~ciuny ~Z\^rt\*17v^\n\ .Vw'T' fY . 
duty for It, and where overlain would coniugationaU,, fit Conjunctional (ki m-juii-k 8hon-al), a. [< . ..,/- 
and be the very word in situ ? V.amti<t.,'fEmt.,'ni.:>i-. juiirtiim + -at.] Pertaining to or of tlie nature 
conjugation-body (kon-jij-ga'shpn-bod'i), H. 
term was (t<rliiuilii'i(n-) : see declension), < conju- In Wo/., a mass of protoplasm which unites with 
'/'"''> pp. <'<i>ijngatus, join: see conjugate r.l If another to form a zygospore. 8ee<wy'wi/"'<". -I. 
The act of uniting or combining; a coming to- conjugation-cell (kon-j^-ga'shon-sei), n. A 
gether; union; conjunction; assemblage. cefl whlch uult e wi* another to form a zygo- l "-JSWSJW*. - 
spore. See cut under cnnj><t/ii/ti>n. 
conjugation-nucleus (kon-jij-ga'shon-nu'kle- 
us), n. In hi ni., the nucleus of a fecundated 
ovum, arising from the conjugation or fusion of 
a male with a female pronucleus. 
Aristotle . . . inqimvth the nature of a commonwealth, 
first in a family, and the simple ruji/ : !<if;<,tiit of man and 
wife, parent ami child, master and servant. 
/.'iir.</i. Advancement of Learning, II. 124. 
I intended it to do honour to Christianity, and to repre- _ _ _ 
sent It to be tho best religion in the world, and the conju- mniinrativn I knn'in trii tivl n t< rnvhina.tr -I- 
gation of all excellent things. conjugauve >n jo-ga-liv;, a. |_s. conjugate -I 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I., Pref. -t - e.] In mol., pertaining to conjugation : as, 
All the various mixtures and conjugations of atoms do a cwjugatire process. 
beget nothing. Bentley, Sermons, conjugial (kon-j8'ji-al), a. [< L. eonjugialis, < 
2. In gram. : (a) The inflection of a verb in its conjugium, marriage',' < conjungere, join, unite: 
different forms, as voices, moods, tenses, num- see conjugate, v. Of. conjugal.] Same as con- 
bers, and persons ; a connected scheme of all the J u 9 al ' used bv Swedenbprg and his followers 
' '" "' '' 
. 
al-i), adv. In 
s .; 
, con- 
derivative forms of a verb. (6) A class of verbs 
similarly conjugated : as, Latin verbs of the 
third conjugation, (c) In Hebrew and other 
Semitic languages, one of several groups of in- 
flections normally formed from the same verb, 
and expressing a modification of meaning anal- 
ogous to that found in certain classes of deriva- 
tive verbs in Indo-European languages, orto the 
voices of these. 
of the Greek avvyia, properly derivation, including inflec- 
tion as well as formation of new words, but afterward lim- 
ited to the inflection of verbs, which had previously been 
called simply inflection, or inflection of verbs (KAurtc pwia- 
riav, decliiiatio verborum). ) 
3. A union or coupling ; a combination of two 
or more individuals. [Obsolete except in spe- 
cific use. See 4.] 
The sixth conjugation or pair of nerves. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iv. 4. 
4. In biol., a union of two distinct cells for re- 
production; a temporary or permanent grow- 
ing together of two or more individuals or cells, 
with fusion of their plasmodic substance, as a 
means of reproduction by germs or spores, or a 
means of renewing individual capacity to mul- 
tiply by fission . It is a kind of copulation of the entire 
bodies of different individuals or cells, with the formation 
of new nuclei or other form-elements, preparatory to the 
to distinguish their special conception of the 
nature of true marriage. 
Canjugial love if celestial, spiritual, and holy, because 
it corresponds to the celestial, spiritual, and holy mar- 
riage of the Lord and the Church^ 
Sicedenborg, Conjugial Love (trans.), H 62. 
tho inner surface of tho eyelids and thence is 
reflected over the front of the eyeball, thus con- 
joining the lids and the globe of the eye : a con- 
traction of tunica conjunctiva. In low vertebrates 
it is rudimentary and non-secretory, or not to be demon* 
strated ; in the higher vertebrates which have eyelids it Is 
well defined. In birds and many reptiles and mammals 
it forms a special fold, chiefly constituting the nictitatim.' 
membrane or third eyelid. It is very delicate where It 
passes over the cornea, offering no impediment to vision. 
In snakes which have no eyelids a delicate cuticle con- 
tinues from the skin over the eye, and is shed with the rest 
of the cuticle. The membrane is regarded as one of the 
tunics or coats of the eyeball, like the tunica sclerotica, et. 
2. In entom., the membrane uniting two scle- 
rites, or hard parts of the integument, which 
move freely on each other. 
(kon-jungkf), a. and n. [< L. con- COnjunctival(kon-jungk-ti'val), a. [< conjunc- 
junctus, pp. of conjungere, join together: see 
conjoin, v., and cf. conjoint, an older form of con- 
Una + -al.] Of or pertaining to the conjunc- 
tiva Conjunctlval membrane, in anal., the con- 
wmwn] i*., lUAiUi t(/M/i/it. an uiuci luiui ui cc/- 
V**SPi!S*9* l &!&*&& junct.] I. a. Conjoined; con joint; united; as- J UIlctiva - 
sociated ; concurrent. Il ia throu 8 n tllis system of canals that the conjuncft'oaf 
mucous membrane is continuous with that of the nose. 
The interest of the bishops is conjunct with the pros- llmltv ami Ymiinnnx I'hvuiol s 9S7 
perity of the king. Jer. Taylor, Worts (ed. 1S35), II. 147. ... ,. 
The Duke of Marlborough . . . carried over Lord Vis- Conjunctive (kon-jungk tiv), a. and n. [= F. 
count Townsend to be conjunct plenipotentiary with him- conjonctlj = bp. Conjuntll'O = Pg. conjunctiva = 
self. Bp. Burnet, Hist. Own Times, an. 1709. It. congiuntivo, < LL. conjunctivas, serving to 
He discusses the conjunct questions with great acute- connect, < L. conjunctus, pp. of conjungere, con- 
ness from every point of view. Sir W. Hamilton. 
Conjunct charges. See conjoined charges, under charge. 
Conjunct degrees, in ?/iu*ic, degrees that are adjacent 
or successive in the scale. Conjunct modal, in logic, a 
modal proposition in which the modality affects the cop- 
ula (as, a white man may be black) : opposed to a disjunct 
modal, where the sign of modality forms the predicate (as, 
for a white man to be black is possible). Conjunct mo- 
tion, progression, or succession, in music, a melodic 
progression without steps of more than one scale-degree. 
Conjunct rights, in Scots law, rights belonging to two 
or more persons jointly. Conjunct system, in Gr. mu- 
sic, a system or ten-toned scale made up of three con- 
junct tetrachords, attributed to Ion, about 450 B. c. 
Conjunct tetrachords, in Or. music, tetrachords hav- 
ing one tone in common, namely, the upper tone of one 
tetrachord and the lower tone of the other. 
II. t n. A combination; an association; 
union. Creech. [Bare.] 
conjunction (kon-jungk'shon), n. [< ME. con- 
junccion, -tion (in astronomy) = F. conjonction CC-njUJ Ctively (kon-jungk tiv-li), adv. 
nect: see conjoin, v., conjunct, conjunction.'] I. 
a. If. Closely connected or united. 
She's so conjunctive to my life and soul. 
Shut., Hamlet, Iv. 7. 
2. Connecting; connective; uniting; serving 
to connect or unite. 
Some [conjunctions] are conjuitctifr, and some disjunc- 
tive. Harris, Hermes, II. 2. 
Conjunctive mode [LL. conjunctivus modus, or simply 
conjuncticiuj, in gram., the mode which follows a condi- 
tional conjunction or expresses some condition or contin- 
gency. It is more generally called subjunctive. 
U. n. 1. In gram., the conjunctive mode. 
See above. 2. In math., the sum of rational 
a integral functions, each affected by an arbitrary 
multiplier. The sum is said to be the conjunc- 
tive of the functions. 
In 
, . conjuncion = Pg. conjunc,So, conjuncc.Ho ' ?~*5~ 
= It. congiunzione = D. conjunetie = G. con- togetner. 
conjunctive or united manner; in combination; 
junction = Dan. Sw. Jootijunktion, < L. conjunc- 
tto(n-), a joining together, union, a connect- 
Cetlsof a Seaweed (Sfirofrra tlonfata) Conjugating, highly 
Ified. 
Of Strasburg and Ulm I may speak conjunctively. 
Sir II. Wotton, Letters. 
The 
inag nine 
i. Portions of two filaments preparing for conjugation ; a protuber- 
ance has arisen from each cell to meet a similar one from the opposite 
cell. a. A. portions of tw., filaments whose cells are in the act of con- 
jugating. At the left the protoplasmic body of one cell is passing 
thruugh and coalescing with that of the opposite cell ; at the right 
this has already taken place. B, portion of a filament containing 
young zygospores, each surrounded by a cell-wall. 
" Lehrbuch der Botanik.") 
development of new individuals. It is also called zygosis, 
and the resulting blended organism is called a zygote or 
zygospore. The process occurs only In the lower animals 
and plants, among many of which it is an ordinary mode 
of reproduction. It is very common in protozoans, and has 
been observed in certain worms. (See Diplozoon.) A per- 
manent fusion takes place in the unicellular alga Inato- 
"."'" and DttmidiacecB by the union of the contents of 
two separate cells; in the /tninifmacrce and Mesocarpece, 
by that of two cells of different filaments or of the same 
filament ; and in the Zuosjmntf, hy that of zoospores from 
different mother-cells. The result of the union in each 
case is called a zijyospore ; the latter produces a plant sim- 
combination ; association. 
We will unite the white rose and the red ; 
Smile heaven upon this fair conjunction .' 
Shot., Rich. III., v. 4. 
Never was so happy a conjunction of civility, freedom, 
easiness, and sincerity. Xirift, Death of Stella. 
The history of the government, and the history of the 
people, would be exhibited in that mode in which alone 
they can be exhibited justly, in inseparable conjunction 
and intermixture. Macaulay, History. 
2. In astron., the meeting of two or more 
., , inflammation 
of the conjunctiva. It is one of the commonest 
affections of the eye. 
conjunctly (kon-jungkt'li), adv. In a conjunct 
manner ; in union ; jointly ; together. 
They must be understood conjunctly, so as always to go 
together. Bp. Beveridge, Sermons, I. xxxi 
The theory of the syllogism in Depth (far less In both 
quantities conjunctly) was not generalized by Aristotle. 
Sir H. Hamilton, Discussions, p. 695, note. 
Conjunctly and severally, in Scof law, same as jointly 
and severally (which see, under jointly). 
stars or planets in the same longitude: as, conjuncture (kon-jungk'tur), n. [= F. con- 
the conjunction of the moon with the sun, or of joneture = Sp. conjuittura,~ci>i/n>itura = Pg. con- 
Jupiter and Saturn. When a planet, as seen from junctura = It. congiuntura, < ML. conjunetura, < 
the earth, is in the same direction as the sun, it is said to L. conjunctus, pp. of conjungere, join together: 
