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com·pound 1       (kŏm-pound', kəm-, kŏm'pound')  Pronunciation Key 


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v.   com·pound·ed, com·pound·ing, com·pounds

v.   tr.
  1. To combine so as to form a whole; mix.
  2. To produce or create by combining two or more ingredients or parts: pharmacists compounding prescriptions.
  3. To settle (a debt, for example) by agreeing on an amount less than the claim; adjust.
  4. To compute (interest) on the principal and accrued interest.
  5. To add to; increase: High winds compounded the difficulties of the firefighters.

v.   intr.
  1. To combine in or form a compound.
  2. To come to terms; agree.

adj.   (kŏm'pound', kŏm-pound', kəm-)
  1. Consisting of two or more substances, ingredients, elements, or parts.
  2. Botany Composed of more than one part.

n.   (kŏm'pound')
  1. A combination of two or more elements or parts. See Synonyms at mixture.
  2. Linguistics A word that consists either of two or more elements that are independent words, such as loudspeaker, baby-sit, or high school, or of specially modified combining forms of words, such as Greek philosophia, from philo-, "loving," and sophia, "wisdom."
  3. Chemistry A pure, macroscopically homogeneous substance consisting of atoms or ions of two or more different elements in definite proportions that cannot be separated by physical means. A compound usually has properties unlike those of its constituent elements.
  4. Botany
    1. A leaf whose blade is divided into two or more distinct leaflets.
    2. A pistil composed of two or more united carpels.


[Alteration of Middle English compounen, from Old French componre, compondre, to put together, from Latin compōnere; see component.]

com·pound'a·ble adj., com·pound'er n.
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com·pound 2       (kŏm'pound')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A building or buildings, especially a residence or group of residences, set off and enclosed by a barrier.
  2. An enclosed area used for confining prisoners of war.


[Alteration of Malay kampong, village.]

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compound       (kŏm'pound')  Pronunciation Key 
A substance consisting of atoms or ions of two or more different elements in definite proportions joined by chemical bonds into a molecule. The elements cannot be separated by physical means. Water, for example, is a compound having two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom per molecule.

Adjective   Composed of more than one part, as a compound eye or leaf.

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