Conjugated

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Conjugate \Con"ju*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conjugated}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Conjugating}.]
     1. To unite in marriage; to join. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Gram.) To inflect (a verb), or give in order the forms


        which it assumes in its several voices, moods, tenses,
        numbers, and persons.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  conjugated \conjugated\ adj.
     1. (Chem.) (Chem.) formed by the union of two compounds; as,
        a conjugated protein.
  
     Syn: conjugate.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. joined together especially in a pair or pairs.
  
     Syn: conjugate, coupled.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. (Chem.) containing two or more double bonds each separated
        from the other by a single bond; -- of an organic compound
        or of the double bonds thus arranged.
  
     Note: Conjugated double bonds have chemical and electronic
           properties different from those of isolated double
           bonds.
  
     Syn: conjugate.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  conjugated
       adj 1: formed by the union of two compounds; "a conjugated protein"
              [syn: {conjugate}]
       2: joined together especially in a pair or pairs [syn: {conjugate},
           {coupled}]
       3: of an organic compound; containing two or more double bonds
          each separated from the other by a single bond [syn: {conjugate}]