conjugal (konjogal)

[= F. conjugal = Pr. conyugal = Sp. conjugal, now conyugal, = Pg. conjugal = It. congiugale, conjugale, He would intermix thet sometimes applied to words immediately derived from the same primitive.- 5. In math., applied to two points, lines, etc., when they are considered together, with regard to any property, in such a manner that they may be interchanged without altering the way of enunciating the property-that is, when they are in a reciprocal or equip a rant relation to one another. Conjugate angles. See angle3, 1.- Conjugate axis. See axis 1.- Conjugate constituents of a matrix, in math., those constituents that are symmetrically placed with respect to the principal diagonal. - Conjugate diameters of a conic, diameters which are conjugate lines with respect to the conic. - Conjugate dyadics, such as are converted into one another by the reversal of the order of all the pairs of factors. Conjugate foci. See focus, 2.- Conjugate hyperbola, a hyperbola forming a part of a complete algebraic curve. - Conjugate imaginaries, imaginaries related to one another, as a + iy and x - iy. Conjugate lines, with respect to a conic, two lines the pole of each of which lies on the other.Conjugate mirrors, two mirrors placed face to face so Conjugate Mirrors. Grateful digre ions, and solve high dispute With conjugal care es. Milton , P. L., viii. 56. that the rays of light and heat sent out from the focus Their conjugal affection still is ty'd, And still the mournful race is multiplied. Dryden, Fables. She recommends to them the same conjugal harmony which had ever subsisted between her and her husband. Pre scott , Ferd. and Isa., ii. 16. =Syn. Connubial , Nuptial , etc. See matrimonial . conjugality (kon-jö-gal'i-ti), n. [ conjugal + -ity.] The conjugal state; connubiality. Mil ton. [Rare.] conjugally (kon'jö-gal-i), adv. Matrimonially; connubially. Bp. Hall.