A proportion between two quantities, each of which is the product of two or more, those of the first set being in their order proportional to those of the other.

(finance) Two-tier compound interest in which there is a higher interest rate on the accumulated unpaid interest than on the principal.

(chemistry) A chemical compound composed of discrete molecules

(chemistry) A molecular compound.

(chemistry) A chemical compound consisting of cations and anions held together by electrostatic forces.

(music) Time in which each bar is made up of two or more simple bars.

Any compound that produces a false positive in many biochemical assays

(chemistry) Any of a class of magnetic intermetallic compounds with face-centered cubic crystal structure and a composition of XYZ (half-Heuslers) or X2YZ (full-Heuslers), where X and Y are transition metals and Z is in the p-block. They have applications in spintronics.

plural of compound engine

A condensing engine in which the mechanical action of the steam begins in one cylinder and ends in a larger cylinder.