COMPOUND
\kˈɒmpa͡ʊnd], \kˈɒmpaʊnd], \k_ˈɒ_m_p_aʊ_n_d]\
Definitions of COMPOUND
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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put or add together; "combine resources"
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combine so as to form a whole; mix; "compound the ingredients"
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calculate principal and interest
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an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient)
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a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
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consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts; "soap is a compound substance"; "housetop is a compound word"; "a blackberry is a compound fruit"
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create by mixing or combining
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of leaf shapes; of leaves composed of several similar parts or lobes
By Princeton University
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put or add together; "combine resources"
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combine so as to form a whole; mix; "compound the ingredients"
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calculate principal and interest
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an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient)
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a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
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(botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves composed of several similar parts or lobes
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consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts; "soap is a compound substance"; "housetop is a compound word"; "a blackberry is a compound fruit"
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create by mixing or combining
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.
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To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine.
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To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
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To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
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To compose; to constitute.
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To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; -- usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration.
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Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a compound word.
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That which is compounded or formed by the union or mixture of elements ingredients, or parts; a combination of simples; a compound word; the result of composition.
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A union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight, so combined as to form a distinct substance; as, water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen.
By Oddity Software
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To mix together; as, to compound drugs.
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Composed of two or more parts.
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A combination of two or more elements, ingredients, or parts.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To put together the ingredients of a remedy, according to the directions in a prescription or formula.
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1. In chemistry a substance formed by the intimate chemical union of two or more elements, often differing entirely in physical characteristics from any of its components. 2. In pharmacy noting a preparation containing several ingredients as distinguished from one of the same name containing only one or a few 3. Not simple, made up of two or more parts.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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To mix or combine: to settle or adjust by agreement.
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To agree, or come to terms: to bargain in the lump.
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Mixed or composed of a number of parts: not simple.
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A mass made up of a number of parts.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To mix, or make by mixture; combine.
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To settle at a reduction, as a debt; conceal, as a crime, for a consideration.
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To come to terms; settle.
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Composed of ingredients or parts; composite.
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A compound substance.
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The walled or fenced enclosure of a European residence or factory in the Orient.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Composed of two or more ingredients, or of different elementary bodies; composed of two or more words.
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A body formed by the union of two or more elementary substances, the result of composition. A compound flower, a species of aggregate flower; a compound leaf connects several leaflets in one petiole; a compound raceme is composed of several small racemes; a compound fructification consists of several confluent florets Compound interest, interest added to the principal, and bearing interest Compound addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, calculation of quantities of different denominations Compound ratio, that which the product of the antecedents of two or more ratios has to the product of their consequents. Compound quantity, a quantity composed of two or more simple quantities or terms, connected by the sign + , or -.
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To mingle or unite two or more ingredients in one mass; to combine; to settle amicably; to adjust by agreement. To compound felony, receive back stolen goods upon an agreement not to prosecute the thief.
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To come to terms of agreement by abating something of the first demand; to settle with a creditor by agreement. See Component.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A body formed by the union or mixture of two or more substances or parts.
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Composed of two or more substances; composed of several parts.
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To mix or unite two or more substances into one body or mass; to unite or combine; to adjust; to discharge, as a debt by composition; to come to terms.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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Same etymology; to mix medicines. To mingle different ingredients into one whole. Used adjectively, compound signifies the result of the union of several medical agents, as "a compound medicine."
By Robley Dunglison
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A mixture.
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In chemistry, a substance, the molecule of which is made up of two or more dissimilar atoms.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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