Compound

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Compound may refer to:

Chemical compounds, combinations 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 bow, a type of bow for archery
Compound (linguistics), a word that consists of more than one radical element
Compound (migrant labour), a hostel for migrant workers such as those historically connected with mines in South Africa
Compound (music), an attribute of an interval or time signature
Compounding, the mixing of drugs in pharmacy
Polyhedral compound, a polyhedron composed of multiple polyhedra sharing the same centre of attention
Committee for Compounding with Delinquents, an English Civil War institution that allowed Parliament to compound the estates of Royalists

Compound may also refer to:

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 engine, a steam engine in which steam is expanded through a series of two or three cylinders before exhaust.
Turbo-compound engine, an internal combustion engine where exhaust gases expand through power-turbines
Compound sentence (linguistics), a type of sentence made up of two or more independent clauses and no subordinate (dependent) clauses
Compound, a former US automobile make with a unique compound gasoline engine; exhausts of 2 cylinders were expanded in a larger third one.
The Compound, a 2008 young adult novel by S. A. Bodeen

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