'Compounding' definitions:
Definition of 'compounding'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of combining things to form a new whole [syn: combination, combining, compounding]
Definition of 'Compounding'
From: GCIDE
- Compound \Com*pound"\ (k[o^]m*pound"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Compounding.] [OE. componen, compounen, L. componere, compositum; com-+ ponere to put set. The d is excrescent. See Position, and cf. Compon['e].]
- 1. To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine. [1913 Webster]
- Incapacitating him from successfully compounding a tale of this sort. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite. [1913 Webster]
- We have the power of altering and compounding those images into all the varieties of picture. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else. [1913 Webster]
- Only compound me with forgotten dust. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To compose; to constitute. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- His pomp and all what state compounds. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise; to discharge from obligation upon terms different from those which were stipulated; as, to compound a debt. [1913 Webster]
- I pray, my lords, let me compound this strife. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To compound a felony, to accept of a consideration for forbearing to prosecute, such compounding being an indictable offense. See Theftbote. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'compounding'
From: GCIDE
- compounding \compounding\ n. the act of combining things.
- Syn: combination, combining. [WordNet 1.5]
Words containing 'Compounding'
- Compound,
- Compoundable,
- Compounded,
- Compounder,
- Binary compound,
- Carbon compounds,
- Compound addition,
- Compound control,
- Compound crystal,
- Compound engine,
- Compound ether,
- Compound flower,
- Compound fraction,
- Compound fracture,
- Compound householder,
- Compound interest,
- Compound larceny,
- Compound leaf,
- Compound lever,
- Compound microscope,
- Compound motion,
- Compound number,
- Compound pendulum,
- Compound pier,
- Compound quantity,
- Compound raceme,
- Compound radical,
- Compound ratio,
- Compound rest,
- Compound screw,
- Compound time,
- Compound word,
- Compounds of carbon,
- To compound a felony,
- alicyclic compound,
- aliphatic compound,
- anionic compound,
- aromatic compound,
- chelate compound,
- chemical compound,
- compound eye,
- compound lens,
- compound morphology,
- compound pistil,
- compound protein,
- compound sentence,
- coordination compound,
- explosive compound,
- heterocyclic compound,
- inorganic compound,
- intermediate compound,
- labeled compounds,
- organic compound,
- spackling compound,
- chemistry of the carbon compounds,
- quaternary ammonium compound,
- Luteo-cobaltic compounds,
- Roseo-cobaltic compounds,
- anti-tnf compound,
- purpureo-cobaltic compounds