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Definition of Compounded
1. Adjective. Combined into or constituting a chemical compound.
Definition of Compounded
1. Verb. (past of ''compound'') ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Compounded
1. compound [v] - See also: compound
Lexicographical Neighbors of Compounded
Literary usage of Compounded
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1813)
"And in general the least compounded ideas in every kind, have the least ...
The most doubtful are the names of -aery compounded mixed modes and substances. ..."
2. Pelicotetics, Or, The Science of Quantity: Or, The Science of Quantity. An by Archibald Sandeman (1868)
"The ratio of the first to the last of more than two magnitudes of the same kind
is said to be compounded of ratios severally the same as the ratios of the ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"second m' / if times and the new vectors then compounded. ... In other words,
torques, couples, moments are compounded just like forces, and the convention ..."
4. The Elements of Euclid by Robert Simson, Euclid (1838)
"IF there be any number of ratios, and any number of other ratios such, that the
ratio compounded of ratios which are the same with the ..."
5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1905)
"Vessels (transverse) numerous, much smaller toward the outer face of the growth
ring, i- to 4- or rarely 5-compounded. 6. ..."
6. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1881)
"ALLOT, compounded of al or a<l and lut, signifies to set apart by way of a lot
... DESTINE, in French destiner, Latin destino, compounded of ilc and stino, ..."
7. Crabb's English Synonyms by George. Crabb (1917)
"Attach, in French attacher, is compounded of ad and a root which is found in the
English word lack, moaning peg or small nail, so that to attach was to ..."
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