Compound

['kɒmpaʊnd] or ['kɑmpaʊnd]

Definition

(noun.) an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient).

(noun.) a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts.

(noun.) (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight.

(verb.) put or add together; 'combine resources'.

(verb.) combine so as to form a whole; mix; 'compound the ingredients'.

(verb.) create by mixing or combining.

(verb.) calculate principal and interest.

(adj.) composed of more than one part; 'compound leaves are composed of several lobes; 'compound flower heads' .

(adj.) 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' .

Edited by Jonathan--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.

(v. t.) To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine.

(v. t.) To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.

(v. t.) To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.

(v. t.) To compose; to constitute.

(v. t.) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise; to discharge from obligation upon terms different from those which were stipulated; as, to compound a debt.

(v. i.) 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.

(v. t.) Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a compound word.

(n.) 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.

(n.) 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.

Typed by Abe

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Mix, mingle, intermix, intermingle, blend, combine, amalgamate.[2]. Compromise, settle, adjust.

v. n. Compromise, agree, come to terms, come to an agreement, make an arrangement.

a. Complex, composite, compounded.

n. [1]. Mixture, medley, olio, farrago, hodge-podge.[2]. [In the East Indies.] Yard (round a building), enclosure.

Editor: Xenia

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Concert, mix, amalgamate, fuse

ANT:Resolve, analyze

SYN:Mixture, combination, amalgamation, junction, unification, coalescence

ANT:Decomposition, analysis, dissection, resolution

Typist: Ronald

Definition

v.t. to mix or combine: to settle or adjust by agreement.—v.i. to agree or come to terms: to bargain in the lump.—adj. Com′pound mixed or composed of a number of parts: not simple dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity &c. as in 'compound addition ' &c.; or with processes more complex than the simple process as in 'compound proportion ' &c.—n. a mass made up of a number of parts: the usual name in India for the enclosure in which a house stands with its outhouses yard and garden: a compounded drug.—n. Compound′er.—Compound engine a condensing engine in which the mechanical action of the steam is begun in one cylinder and ended in a larger cylinder; Compound fracture a broken bone communicating with a co-existing skin wound; Compound householder one who pays his rates in his rent the landlord being immediately chargeable with them; Compound interest the charge made where—the interest not being paid when due—it is added to the principal forming the amount upon which the subsequent year's interest is computed; Compound quantity (alg.) a quantity consisting of more than one term as a + b; Compound time (mus.) time in which each bar is made up of two or more simple bars.

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