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• Nom désignant, en chimie et en thermodynamique, une paire de solutions ou de phases qui se forment lors du mélange de deux liquides partiellement miscibles, chacune étant une solution saturée de l'un dans l'autre, ou plus généralement l'une des deux phases d'un système en équilibre.

A noun referring to a pair of solutions formed when two partially miscible liquids are mixed, each being a saturated solution of one liquid in the other.

1. Conjugate solutionC1formalscientific

   A mixture of two partially miscible liquids that produces two distinct phases, each containing a different concentration of the components.

   Solution conjuguée

   • When mixing water and phenol, two conjugate solutions form at certain temperatures.
   • The composition of each conjugate layer is determined by the temperature.
   • In a binary system, conjugate solutions are in equilibrium with each other.

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action d'énumérer ou de modifier un verbe selon ses différentes formes grammaticales (par exemple, temps, mode, personne, nombre) ; également, par extension, joindre ou combiner des éléments.

A verb used to indicate the act of listing or inflecting a verb in its various grammatical forms (e.g., tense, mood, person, number).

1. Grammar: Inflect a verbB2formal

   To give the different forms of a verb according to person, number, tense, mood, etc.

   Conjuguer

   • In Latin class, we learned to conjugate verbs in the present tense.
   • She can conjugate the verb 'to be' in six different languages.
   • The teacher asked the students to conjugate the irregular verb 'go'.

   Synonymesinflect

2. Biology: Join or fuseC1formalscientific

   To undergo conjugation; to join together, especially in the process of reproduction in some organisms.

   Conjuguer (biologie)

   • Bacteria can conjugate to exchange genetic material.
   • The paramecium will conjugate with another cell.
   • Scientists observed the cells conjugate under the microscope.

   Synonymescouplefusejoinmergeunite