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Conjugate
Conjugate
can be:
in
mathematics
in terms of
complex numbers
, the
complex conjugate
; more generally see
conjugate element (field theory)
.
in
differential geometry
,
Conjugate points
in
group theory
,
Conjugacy class
or
Conjugate closure
an operation on
Latin squares
in
chemistry
,
Conjugate acid
or conjugate base
in
linguistics
,
grammatical conjugation
in
biology
,
conjugation
is
sexual reproduction
involving interchange of
DNA
between
cells
, rather than their fusion. Various forms of conjugation exist in different groups, such as
bacteria
(see
bacterial conjugation
) and
ciliates
.
01-04-2007 01:18:14
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