different between combination vs conjugation

English

Etymology

From Middle English combinacioun, combynacyoun, from Old French combination, from Late Latin comb?n?ti?.Morphologically combine +? -ation

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?mb??ne???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?mb??ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

combination (countable and uncountable, plural combinations)

1. The act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining.

2. An object formed by combining.
3. A sequence of numbers or letters used to open a combination lock.

4. (mathematics) One or more elements selected from a set without regard to the order of selection.
5. An association or alliance of people for some common purpose.
6. (billiards) A combination shot; a billiard; a shot where the cue ball hits a ball that strikes another ball on the table.
7. A motorcycle and sidecar.
8. A rapid sequence of punches or strikes in boxing or other combat sports.

Synonyms

• (act of combining): fusion, merger

Antonyms

• (act of combining): division, separation
• (mathematics): permutation

Derived terms

• combination fried rice
• recombination

Related terms

• combinative
• combinatory
• combine

Translations

See also

• permutation

Further reading

• combination on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Motorcycle and sidecar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin coniug?ti? (“combining, connecting; conjugation”), from coniug? (“join, unite together”). Equivalent to conjugate +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?nd?????e???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?nd?????e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

conjugation (countable and uncountable, plural conjugations)

1. The coming together of things; union.
2. (biology) The temporary fusion of organisms, especially as part of sexual reproduction
3. Sexual relations within marriage
4. (grammar) In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs according to what inflections they take.
5. (grammar) The act of conjugating a verb.
6. (grammar) The conjugated forms of a verb.
7. (chemistry) A system of delocalized orbitals consisting of alternating single bonds and double bonds
8. (mathematics) A mapping sending x to gxg^-1, where g and x are elements of a group; inner automorphism
9. (mathematics) A function which negates the non-real part of a complex or hypercomplex number; complex conjugation

Coordinate terms

• declension, declination

Related terms

• conjugate

Translations

See also

• flection, flexion, inflection, inflexion