(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.

(historical) A householder who pays the rates in his rent, the landlord being immediately chargeable with them.

A broken bone communicating with a co-existing skin wound.

plural of compound householder

plural of compound fracture

(physics) Any swinging rigid body free to rotate about a fixed horizontal axis, distinguished from the ideal simple pendulum.

plural of compound pendulum

plural of compound key