Conjugate

(kon ju-gāt.) [From L. conjugo, to yoke with.] (Bot.) Paired; or, when the petiole of a leaf bears one pair only of leaflets.-(Geom.) A C. axis is that which cro es another axis. - C. diameter, the shortest axis of an ellipse.- C. hyperbolas, hyperbolas having the same axis, but in contrary order. [s. 219]