The state or quality of being compound.

plural of compounder

A person who compounds (mixes ingredients, and tests the result) / One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish ends by compromises.

plural of compounding

(grammar) a sentence that has two or more independent clauses, joined by a conjunction (such as 'but', 'and') and/or punctuation (such as ',').

(grammar) A compound word with spaces in it, for example, high school, school bus, or science fiction.

(grammar) A compound word without spaces in it. Some examples: dishcloth, keyboard, pancake, waterproof.

(linguistics) A word composed of two or more stems. Examples include pancake, two-tone, and school bus. In English, it may or may not have a space or hyphen.

Synonym of coordination compound

(chemistry) Any of a class of compounds in which a central metal atom (normally a transition element) is surrounded by a group of ions or molecules (ligands).