Definition: 1. A thing consisting of two or more separate things combined together. 2. (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight. 3. A whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts.
Use 'compound' in a sentence:
1. Sulphur-containing compounds are often prefixed by the term 'thio'
2. Scientists say the compound is likely to cause cancer but have no hard scientific proof.
3. Almost the next minute she heard footsteps in the compound, and then on the veranda.
4. The same two elements can combine to form more than one compound.
5. The compound was hidden by trees and shrubs.
6. The versatile compound is endostatin, a human protein that inhibits angiogenesis, the growth of new blood vessels in the body.
7. Hydrocarbons are among the most important organic compounds.
8. Coffee also contains trigonelline, an antibacterial compound that not only gives it a wonderful aroma but may be a factor in preventing dental caries.
9. They took refuge in the embassy compound.
10. He compounded water, sand and soil and formed bricks.
11. By the combination of radicals or semantic elements, single compound words can express complex conceptual relations, often of an abstract universal character.
12. Drive vehicles over to your compound while they still work.
13. Common salt is a compound of sodium and chlorine.
14. This sticky compound adheres well on this surface.
15. How many households in the compound?
16. We are actually trying to develop a compound to treat a very severe form of autism.
17. Another team at Nagoya University in Japan has tested calcium compound as an energy storage material.
18. It is widely accepted that teaching is a compound of several different skills.
19. Heating this chemical compound drives off carbon dioxide gas, leaving calcium oxide.
20. Water is a compound containing the elements of hydrogen and oxygen.
21. The less stable compounds were converted into a compound called Delta-A THC.
22. The chemical compound, ethanol, has risen in recent years as the most viable alternative to fossil fuels.
23. The problems were compounded by severe food shortages.
24. This kind of Chinese medicine is a compound medicine.
25. To compound the delays, the unused airport is resulting in massive costs.
26. Their dusty compound at the edge of town is filled with secondhand models from Japan, including saloons, off-roaders and a bright red fire engine.
27. Additional bloodshed and loss of life will only compound the tragedy.
28. Air is a mixture, not a compound of gases.
29. Water is a compound containing the elements hydrogen and oxygen.
30. To compound its low status in the medical hierarchy, travel medicine has to rely on statistics that are patchy at best.
31. The plumber packed the joint of the pipe with string and a special compound.
32. The problem is that the compound has mixed effects in the brain, a not unusual occurrence with psychoactive drugs.
33. This extremely poisonous carbon compound happens to be very reactive, allowing it to lock in hugely complex but stable chains of other molecules.
34. Additional loss of life will only compound the tragedy.
35. The DNA molecule is compounded from many smaller molecules.
36. Iron oxide is a compound of iron and oxygen.
37. The Food Standards Authority (FSA) has issued a public warning about the risks of a compound called acrylamide that forms in some foods cooked at high temperatures.
38. Your subconscious mind will give you compound interest in all these fields of expression.
39. Organic compounds form the basis of life.
40. The nation's leading pediatricians say this miracle compound exists.
41. Honey is basically a compound of water, two types of sugar, vitamins and enzymes.
42. A vitamin is a chemical compound that cannot be synthesized by the human body.
43. For instance, subjects are given three words such as "age", "mile" and "sand"—and asked to come up with a single word that can precede or follow each of them to form a compound word.
44. The word is compounded of a preposition and a verb.
45. The research effort has focused on tracing the effects of growing levels of five compounds.
46. A compound sentence contains two or more clauses.
47. Concealed video cameras scan every part of the compound.
48. Carbon dioxide is a necessary result of the oxidation of carbon compounds.
49. Carbon is an element, while carbon dioxide is a compound.
50. Organic compounds contain carbon in their molecules.
51. Police fired on them as they fled into the embassy compound.
52. These compounds bind with genetic material in the liver.
53. The problem is compounded by the medical system here.
