compound : Idioms & Phrases

• noun an aliphatic compound that contains a ring of atoms
  

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• noun organic compound that is an alkane or alkene or alkyne or their derivative
  

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• noun a compound characterized by an active anion
  

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• noun a class of drugs that block the action of tumor necrosis factor (TNF); used in cases of rheumatoid arthritis because TNF instigates inflammation of the joints
  

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• noun a hydrocarbon containing one or more benzene rings that are characteristic of the benzene series of compounds
  

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• (Chem.), one of a large class of organic substances, as the oils of bitter almonds, wintergreen, and turpentine, the balsams, camphors, etc., many of which have an aromatic odor. They include many of the most important of the carbon compounds and may all be derived from the benzene group, C6H6. The term is extended also to many of their derivatives.

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• noun chemical compound composed of only two elements
  

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• (Chem.), a compound of two elements, or of an element and a compound performing the function of an element, or of two compounds performing the function of elements.

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• (Chem.). See under Carbon.

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• (Chem.), those compounds consisting largely of carbon, commonly produced by animals and plants, and hence called organic compounds, though their synthesis may be effected in many cases in the laboratory. -

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• noun a heterocyclic compound having a metal ion attached by coordinate bonds to at least two nonmetal ions
  chelate.
  

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

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• (Arith.), the addition, substraction, etc., of compound numbers.

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• (Crystallog.), a twin crystal, or one seeming to be made up of two or more crystals combined according to regular laws of composition.

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• (Mech.), a form of steam engine in which the steam that has been used in a high-pressure cylinder is made to do further service in a larger low-pressure cylinder, sometimes in several larger cylinders, successively.

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• . (Chem.) See under Ether.

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• noun in insects and some crustaceans: composed of many light-sensitive elements each forming a portion of an image
  

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• (Bot.), a flower head resembling a single flower, but really composed of several florets inclosed in a common calyxlike involucre, as the sunflower or dandelion.

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• noun a fraction with fractions in the numerator or denominator
  complex fraction.
  

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• . (Math.) See Fraction.

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• noun bone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open wound
  open fracture.
  

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• . See Fracture.

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• a householder who compounds or arranges with his landlord that his rates shall be included in his rents. Eng.
• . See Compound, a.

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• noun interest calculated on both the principal and the accrued interest
  

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• . See Interest.

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• . (Law) See Larceny.

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• noun a leaf composed of a number of leaflets on a common stalk
  

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• (Bot.), a leaf having two or more separate blades or leaflets on a common leafstalk.

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• noun a lens system consisting of two or more lenses on the same axis
  

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• noun a pair of levers hinged at the fulcrum
  

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• noun light microscope that has two converging lens systems: the objective and the eyepiece
  

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• . See Microscope.

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• noun the part of grammar that deals with combinations of simple words into compound words
  

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• . See Motion.

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• noun a quantity expressed in two different units
  
  • one hour and ten minutes

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• (Math.), one constructed according to a varying scale of denomination; as, 3 cwt., 1 qr., 5 lb.; called also denominate number.

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• noun pendulum consisting of an actual object allowed to rotate freely around a horizontal axis
  physical pendulum.
  

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• (Arch.), a clustered column.

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• noun consists of two or more fused carpels
  

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• noun a protein complex combining amino acids with other substances
  conjugated protein.
  

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• (Alg.), a quantity composed of two or more simple quantities or terms, connected by the sign + (plus) or - (minus). Thus, a + b - c, and bb - b, are compound quantities.

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• . (Chem.) See Radical.

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• (Math.), the product of two or more ratios; thus ab:cd is a ratio compounded of the simple ratios a:c and b:d.

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• (Mech.), the tool carriage of an engine lathe.

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• (Mech.), a screw having on the same axis two or more screws with different pitch (a differential screw), or running in different directions (a right and left screw).

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• noun a sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses
  

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• (Mus.), that in which two or more simple measures are combined in one; as, 6-8 time is the joining of two measures of 3-8 time.

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• a word composed of two or more words; specifically, two or more words joined together by a hyphen.

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• noun a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated
  complex.
  

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• noun a compound that is explosive
  

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• noun a compound containing a heterocyclic ring
  heterocyclic; heterocycle.
  

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• noun any compound that does not contain carbon
  

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• (Chem.), an extensive series of complex yellow compounds of ammonia and cobaltic salts.

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• noun any compound of carbon and another element or a radical
  organic compound.
  

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• noun any compound of carbon and another element or a radical
  organic compound.
  

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• . (Chem.) See Carbon compounds, under Carbon.

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• noun a compound derived from ammonium with hydrogen atoms replaced by organic groups; used as surface-active agents, disinfectants, and in drugs
  

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• (Chem.), an extensive series of complex red compounds of cobalt and ammonia. Modifications of these are the purpureo-cobaltic compounds.

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• noun powder (containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and holes in plaster
  spackle.
  

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• to accept of a consideration for forbearing to prosecute, such compounding being an indictable offense. See Theftbote.

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