DECOMPOUND
\dˌiːkəmpˈa͡ʊnd], \dˌiːkəmpˈaʊnd], \d_ˌiː_k_ə_m_p_ˈaʊ_n_d]\
Definitions of DECOMPOUND
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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To compound or mix with that is already compound; to compound a second time.
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To reduce to constituent parts; to decompose.
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A decomposite.
By Oddity Software
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To compound or mix with that is already compound; to compound a second time.
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To reduce to constituent parts; to decompose.
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A decomposite.
By Noah Webster.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Composed of things or words already compounded. A decompound leaf, one which is twice pinnated; a decompound flower, one containing smaller calyxes within a common calyx.
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To compound a second time, or what is already compound.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To compound a second time; to compose of things already compounded.
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In bot., applied to a leaf cut into numerous compound divisions.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
