Conjugation
Conjugation
(Lat. con + jungere, yoke together)
GrammarThe inflections of a verb.
BiologyThe union of male and female plant or animal.
LogicJoining the extreme terms of a syllogism by the middle term; joining dissimilar things by their common characteristics or by analogy.
EthicsConjugations or pairings of the passionslove and hate, desire and avoidance, pleasure and sadness, etc. Synonymous with connexio.
MetaphysicsIn Aristotle, De Gen. et Corr., the pairings of opposites in the simple bodiesdry and hot (fire), hot and moist (air), moist and cold (water), cold and dry (earth).
— L.M.H.