Conjoint degrees(Mus.), two notes which follow each other immediately in the order of the scale, as ut and re. Johnson.Conjoint tetrachords(Mus.), two tetrachords or fourths, where the same note is the highest of one and the lowest of the other; — also written conjunct.

Conjointly
(Con*joint"ly), adv. In a conjoint manner; untitedly; jointly; together. Sir T. Browne.

Conjointness
(Con*joint"ness), n. The quality of being conjoint.

Conjubilant
(Con*ju"bi*lant) a. Shouting together for joy; rejoicing together. [R.] Neale.

Conjugal
(Con"ju*gal) a. [L. conjugalis, fr. conjux husband, wife, consort, fr. conjungere to unite, join in marriage. See Conjoin.] Belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial; connubial. "Conjugal affection." Milton.

Conjugality
(Con`ju*gal"i*ty) n. The conjugal state; sexual intercourse. [R.] Milton.

Conjugally
(Con"ju*gal*ly) adv. In a conjugal manner; matrimonially; connubially.

Conjugate
(Con"ju*gate) a. [L. conjugatus, p. p. or conjugare to unite; con- + jugare to join, yoke, marry, jugum yoke; akin to jungere to join. See Join.]

1. United in pairs; yoked together; coupled.

2. (Bot.) In single pairs; coupled.

3. (Chem.) Containing two or more radicals supposed to act the part of a single one. [R.]

4. (Gram.) Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; — said of words.

5. (Math.) Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; — frequently used in pure and applied mathematics with reference to two quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc.

Conjugate axis of a hyperbola(Math.), the line through the center of the curve, perpendicular to the line through the two foci.Conjugate diameters(Conic Sections), two diameters of an ellipse or hyperbola such that each bisects all chords drawn parallel to the other.Conjugate focus(Opt.)

Conjecture
(Con*jec"ture), v. i. To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine.

Conjecturer
(Con*jec"tur*er) n. One who conjectures. Hobbes.

Conjoin
(Con*join) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conjoined ; p. pr. & vb. n. Conjoining.] [F. conjoindre, fr. L. conjungere, -junctum; con- + jungere to join. See Join, and cf. Conjugate, Conjunction.] To join together; to unite.

The English army, that divided was
Into two parties, is now conjoined in one.
Shak.

If either of you know any inward impediment why you should not be conjoined.
Shak.

Let that which he learns next be nearly conjoined with what he knows already.
Locke.

Conjoin
(Con*join"), v. i. To unite; to join; to league. Shak.

Conjoined
(Con*joined") a. (Her.) Joined together or touching.

Conjoint
(Con*joint") a. [F. conjoint, p. p. of conjoindre. See Conjoin, and cf. Conjunct.] United; connected; associated. "Influence conjoint." Glover.


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