Compounding
[kəm'paʊndɪŋ] or [kɑm'paʊnd]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compound
Checker: Wilbur
Examples
- By compounding various colors in different proportions, new colors can be formed to give freshness and variety. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The art of compounding it was concealed at Constantinople with the greatest care, but it appears that naphtha, sulphur and nitre entered into its composition. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- After the rubber is dry, and has been tested by the chemist, it goes to the grinding mills where it is refined on warm rolls and made ready for the compounding or mixing. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- On the other hand, the mind has certain ready powers, attention, observation, retention, comparison, abstraction, compounding, etc. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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