Look up: compound

1. compound
   Type: Term Pronunciation: kom′pownd Definitions: 1. chemistry a substance formed by the covalent or electrostatic union of two or more atoms, generally differing entirely in physical characteristics from any of its components. 2. pharmacy denoting a preparation containing several ingredients. ...
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2. Compound
   [enclosure] Compound when applied to a human habitat refers to a cluster of buildings in an enclosure, having a shared or associated purpose, such as the houses of an extended family (e.g. the Kennedy Compound for the Kennedy family). The enclosure may be a wall, a fence, a hedge or some oth...
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3. Compound
   A substance of two or more elements in fixed proportions. Compounds can be decomposed into their constituent elements. For more Information see Compounds
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4. Compound
   A specific association of atoms held together by strong chemical bonds, e.g. oxygen gas (O2) and water (H2O).
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5. Compound
   India Enclosed area surrounding bungalow and servants quarters.
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6. compound
   [adj] - consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts 2. [adj] - (botany) of leaf shapes 3. [n] - (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight 4. [n] - a whole formed by a union ...
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7. Compound
   Compound (Fertiliser) is one which contains more than one nutrient (nitrogen potash phosphorus sulphur)as opposed to a 'straight'(Picture).
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8. Compound
   A pure substance which contains two or more different elements chemically bonded together in stoichiometric proportions. See also: Component, Dissociation, Mixture.
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9. compound
   two or more words which function as one word (e.g. fireplace, video-tape, door handle). Most common in English and closely related languages are noun-noun compounds functioning as nouns. Because such compounds have the external behaviour and distribution of a lexical item, they are often taken to be morphological structures.
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10. Compound
    A substance of two or more elements in fixed proportions. Compounds can be decomposed into their constituent elements.
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11. Compound
    is two or more elements chemically combined.
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12. Compound
    two of more elements combined; a substance having different properties than of the elements used.
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13. Compound
    A compound (or molecule) is a combination of two or more different chemical elements (atoms) held together by chemical bonds.
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14. Compound
    Two or more atoms joined together chemically, with covalent or ionic bonds.
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15. compound
    Two or more atoms joined together chemically, with covalent or ionic bonds.
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16. Compound
    A chemical combination of two or more elements, or two or more different atoms arranged in the same proportions and in the same structure throughout the substance. A compound is different from a mixture in that the components of a mixture are not chemically bonded together. For example, a flask may ...
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17. Compound
    Plastics preparations in the form of granules, pellets, etc ready for use in processing machines; depending on the intended use, stabilisers, fillers, pigments, reinforcing agents, etc can be added to the basic resin
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18. Compound
    an attack or riposte incorporating one or more feints to the opposite line that the action finishes in
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19. Compound
    a substance formed by the chemical combination of two or more elements. Minerals such as calcite (made of calcium, carbon and oxygen) and quartz (made of silicon and oxygen) are compounds
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20. compound
    A substance containing more than one element
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21. Compound
    Leaves that are made up of leaflets, such as pinnate and palmate leaves.
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22. Compound
    Made up of two or more definable parts.
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23. compound
    an insulating jacketing material made by mixing two or more ingredients,thereby resulting in one material Category: Electrical engineering and energy • a term formed of two or more words or roots Category: Language and literature • applied to a machine to denote that it is ex...
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24. Compound
    Com'pound (kŏm'pound) noun [ Malay kompung a village.] In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.
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25. Compound
    Com·pound' (kŏm*pound') transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Compounded ; present participle & verbal noun Compounding .] [ Middle English componen , compounen<...
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