COMPOUND

'Compound' may refer to:

★ Compound interest, unpaid interest that is added to the principal so that subsequent interest is calculated on the grossed-up amount.

★ Compound (enclosure), a cluster of buildings having a shared purpose, usually inside a fence or wall

★ Compound (fortification), a 'compound (enclosure)' which is fortified with defensive structures

★ Compound (chemistry), a combination of two or more elements

★ Compound fracture, complete fractures of bone where at least one fragment has damaged the skin, soft tissue or surrounding body cavity

★ Compound (linguistics), a word that consists of more than one radical element

★ Compound (music), an attribute of an interval or time signature

★ Compound chocolate, a chocolate substitute

★ Compound locomotive, a locomotive in which exhaust steam is re-used 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

★ Compounding, the origin of pharmacy which is still continued today