共きょう役やく

noun

conjugation; conjugate

Technical term used in mathematics, chemistry, and physics to describe a paired or reciprocal relationship, such as conjugate variables, conjugated systems, or conjugate bases.

• 化か学がくでは、共きょう役やく二に重じゅう結けつ合ごうが分ぶん子しの安あん定てい性せいに影えい響きょうを与あたえる。

  In chemistry, conjugated double bonds affect the stability of the molecule.

• 数すう学がくの複ふく素そ数すうでは、共きょう役やく複ふく素そ数すうは虚きょ部ぶの符ふ号ごうを変かえたものだ。

  In complex numbers, the complex conjugate is obtained by changing the sign of the imaginary part.