<B>compound</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an enclosed yard with buildings in it. <BR> <I>Ex. A detention camp for prisoners of war is a compound.</I> </DL>
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<B>Compound B,</B> =corticosterone.</DL>
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<B>compound-complex sentence,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Grammar.) a sentence made up of two or more coordinate independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. (Example:) At the end the hero dies, and the heroine, who is grief-stricken, swoons. </DL>
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<B>compound dislocation,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a dislocation of a joint accompanied by a wound opening from the body surface. </DL>
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<B>compound dynamo,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Electricity.) a compound-wound dynamo. </DL>
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<B>Compound E,</B> =cortisone.</DL>
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<B>compound engine,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an engine in which the mechanical action of the steam or other working fluid is begun in a high-pressure cylinder and ended in a larger, low-pressure cylinder. </DL>
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<B>compound eye,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the eye of certain arthropods, composed of many visual units, such as the large lateral eyes of insects. The housefly has a compound eye. </DL>
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<B>Compound F,</B> =hydrocortisone.</DL>
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<B>compound flower,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) the flower head of a composite plant, composed of several small flowers (florets). </DL>
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<B>compound fraction,</B> =complex fraction.</DL>
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<B>compound fracture,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a fracture in which a broken bone cuts through the flesh and sticks out. </DL>
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<B>compound fruit,</B> =collective fruit.</DL>
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<B>compounding, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of composing, mixing, or combining. <BR> <I>Ex. a sort of compounding between virtue and vice (Jonathan Swift).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the formation of compound words; composition. <BR> <I>Ex. rules of compounding.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(in the manufacture of tires) the cleaning and mixing of crude rubber with heat-resistant and wear-resistant materials. </DL>
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<B>compound interest,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> interest paid on both the original sum of money borrowed or invested and on the interest added to it. <BR> <I>Ex. Many banks pay compound interest on savings.</I> </DL>
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<B>compound leaf,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) a leaf composed of two or more leaflets on a common stalk. Clover has compound leaves. </DL>
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<B>compound lever,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a combination of two or more levers used in large weighing and testing machines, usually to decrease the effort. </DL>
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<B>compound microscope,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a microscope having more than one lens, such as one with an eyepiece and an objective. </DL>
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<B>compound nucleus,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Nuclear Physics.) an excited nucleus resulting from the capture of a neutron by an atomic nucleus and forming an intermediate stage in an induced nuclear reaction. </DL>
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<B>compound number,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a quantity expressed in two or more kinds of units or denominations. (Examples:) 3 ft., 5 in.; 2 hr., 18 min., 40 sec. </DL>
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<B>compound raceme,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) an indeterminate inflorescence occurring when a raceme becomes irregularly compound; panicle. </DL>
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<B>compound sentence,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Grammar.) a sentence made up of two or more main clauses. (Examples:) She liked to walk, but he liked to climb mountains. The wind blew, the rains fell, and the water covered the earth. </DL>
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<B>compound winding,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Electricity.) the winding of the field magnets of a generator so that it will be excited by a current flowing through both a shunt and a series coil. </DL>
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<B>compound word,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a word made up of two or more words which keep their separate forms. <I>Steamship</I> is a compound word made up of the two words <I>steam</I> and <I>ship. Blackbird, bookkeeper, breakwater,</I> and <I>strawberry</I> are compound words. </DL>
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<B>compound-wound, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Electricity.) (of a generator or a motor) having part of the field-magnet coils in series with the armature circuit and part shunted from it. </DL>
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<B>comprador</B> or <B>compradore, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (formerly in China) a native agent in charge of the native employees in a foreign business house, consulate, etc., and the acting as an intermediary between the foreign agency and the native merchants or officials. </DL>
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<B>Compreg, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Trademark.) wood hardened and strengthened by being compressed at high pressure and temperatures after impregnation with resin to prevent swelling or shrinking. </DL>
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<B>comprehend, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to understand the meaning of. <BR> <I>Ex. If you know how to use a word correctly, you comprehend it. Man does not yet comprehend the universe.</I> (SYN) grasp, perceive. <DD><B> 2. </B>to include; contain. <BR> <I>Ex. His report of the accident comprehended all the facts. The Middle West comprehends many farming and industrial areas.</I> (SYN) comprise, embrace. noun <B>comprehender.</B> adv. <B>comprehendingly.</B> </DL>
<B>comprehensibility, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> intelligibility; comprehensible quality. <BR> <I>Ex. A combination of brevity and comprehensibility is by no means an easy thing to achieve (Spectator).</I> </DL>
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<B>comprehensible, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be comprehended; understandable; intelligible. noun <B>comprehensibleness.</B> </DL>
<B>comprehension, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or power of understanding; ability to get the meaning. <BR> <I>Ex. Arithmetic is beyond the comprehension of a baby. Why she should leave her family is beyond all comprehension.</I> (SYN) perception, discernment, conception. <DD><B> 2. </B>the act or fact of including. <DD><B> 3. </B>the quality of being comprehensive; comprehensiveness. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Logic.) the sum of the attributes included in a given term or concept; intension. <BR> <I>Ex. "Biped," "feathered," etc., form the comprehension of "chicken."</I> </DL>
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<B>comprehensive, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>including much; of large scope or extent. <BR> <I>Ex. The month's schoolwork ended with a comprehensive review.</I> (SYN) inclusive. <DD><B> 2. </B>able to understand many things fully; comprehending. <BR> <I>Ex. Benjamin Franklin had a comprehensive mind.</I> (SYN) understanding. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a finished layout of an advertisement, complete with details. <DD><B> 2. </B>(British.) comprehensive school. adv. <B>comprehensively.</B> noun <B>comprehensiveness.</B> </DL>
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<B>comprehensive school,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (in Great Britain and Canada) a secondary school with a curriculum designed to meet the needs of a variety of students by offering courses both in general education and in commercial, trade, technical, and other specialized subjects. </DL>
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<B>compresence, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> presence together. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the compresence of all these moments in a single experience (A. S. Pringle-Pattison).</I> </DL>
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<B>compress, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to squeeze together; make smaller by pressure; condense. <BR> <I>Ex. Cotton is compressed into bales. (Figurative.) Can you compress the story into a few short sentences?</I> (SYN) constrict, compact. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a pad of dry or wet cloth applied to a part of the body to prevent bleeding or to lessen inflammation. <BR> <I>Ex. Mother put a cold compress on my bruised forehead to reduce the bleeding under the skin.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a machine for compressing cotton into bales. </DL>
