Main Entry: ¹con·ju·gate

Pronunciation: \ˈkän-ji-gət, -jə-ˌgāt\

Function: adjective

1 : functioning or operating simultaneously as if joined <conjugate eye movements>
2 of an acid or base : related by the difference of a proton <the acid NH₄⁺ and the base NH₃ are conjugate to each other>

—con·ju·gate·ly adverb