Compound

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Compound may refer to:

• Compound (chemistry), a combination of two or more elements.
• Compound (enclosure), a cluster of buildings having a shared purpose, usually inside a fence or wall.
  • Compound (fortification), a version of the above fortified with defensive structures.
• Compound (linguistics), a word that consists of more than one radical element.
• Compound (music), an attribute of an interval or time signature.
• Compounding, the mixing of drugs in pharmacy.

It is also found in combination with other words:

• Compound chocolate, a chocolate substitute.
• Compound fracture, complete fractures of bone where at least one fragment has damaged the skin, soft tissue or surrounding body cavity.
• Compound interest, unpaid interest that is added to the principal so that subsequent interest is calculated on the grossed amount.
• Compound locomotive, a locomotive in which exhaust steam is recycled in a low pressure cylinder or cylinders.
• Compound sentence, a type of sentence made up of two or more independent clauses and no subordinate (dependent) clauses.

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