Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The anteroposterior diameter of the human pelvis from the promontory of the sacrum to the symphysis pubis. Also called
conjugate diameter .
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Examples
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According to Champion and Seth, the freshwater swamp forests are characterized by Heritiera minor, Xylocarpus molluccensis, Bruguiera conjugata, Sonneratia apetala, Avicennia officinalis, and Sonneratia caseolaris, with Pandanus tectorius, Hibiscus tiliaceus, and Nipa fruticans along the fringing banks.
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This southern part of Taiwan also supports coastal mangrove forest communities in which the dominant tree species are Rhizophora mucronata, Kandelia candel, and Bruguiera conjugata.
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At the instance of the Archbishop of Mechlin, the Academy of Louvain, in the year 1653, censured as false and erroneous the proposition: "Copula cum conjugata consentiente marito non est adulterium, adeoque sufficit in confessione dicere se esse fornicatum."
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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-- The reply is, "de meretrice et de femina honesta sive conjugata, ant non."
Awful Disclosures Containing, Also, Many Incidents Never before Published Maria Monk 1832
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Fm - tices farmentofi aut herhct repentes; folia oppofita, conjugata cir 'rhofa aut i-z-ternata; jlores in fruticum raimdis aut in herharm fcapo Anemonoide invouicrato terminales.
Antonii Laurentii de Jussieu ... Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita : juxta methodum in horto regio Parisiensi exaratam, anno M.DCC.LXXIV Barrois, Théophile, printer 1789
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