Compound

Compound may refer to:

• Chemical compound, combination of two or more elements
• Compounding, the mixing of drugs in pharmacy
• Compound (enclosure), a cluster of buildings having a shared purpose, usually inside a fence or wall
• Compound (fortification), a version of the above fortified with defensive structures
• Compound bow, a type of bow for archery
• Compound (linguistics), a word that consists of more than one radical element
• Compound (migrant labour), a hostel for migrant workers such as those historically connected with mines in South Africa
• Compound (music), an attribute of an interval or time signature
• Polyhedral compound, a polyhedron composed of multiple polyhedra sharing the same centre of attention
• Committee for Compounding with Delinquents, an English Civil War institution that allowed Parliament to compound the estates of Royalists
• Composition (fine)

Compound may also refer to:

• Compound chocolate, a chocolate substitute
• Compound fracture, complete fractures of bone where at least one fragment has damaged the skin, soft tissue or surrounding body cavity
• Compound interest, unpaid interest that is added to the principal so that subsequent interest is calculated on the grossed amount
• Compound engine, a steam engine in which steam is expanded through a series of two or three cylinders before exhaust
• Turbo-compound engine, an internal combustion engine where exhaust gases expand through power-turbines
• Compound sentence (linguistics), a type of sentence made up of two or more independent clauses and no subordinate (dependent) clauses
• Compound, a former US automobile make with a unique compound gasoline engine; exhausts of 2 cylinders were expanded in a larger third one
• The Compound (book), a 2008 young adult novel by S. A. Bodeen
• Compounding pressure
• Compounding treason

See also

• Composite (disambiguation), for a closely related collection of concepts