[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

compound \com"pound\, a. oe. compouned, p. p. of compounen. see
   compound, v. t.
   composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts;
   produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or
   things; composite; as, a compound word.
   1913 webster

         compound substances are made up of two or more simple
         substances.                              --i. watts.
   1913 webster

   compound addition, subtraction, multiplication,
   division arith., the addition, subtraction, etc., of
      compound numbers.

   compound crystal crystallog., a twin crystal, or one
      seeming to be made up of two or more crystals combined
      according to regular laws of composition.

   compound engine mech., a form of steam engine in which
      the steam that has been used in a high-pressure cylinder
      is made to do further service in a larger low-pressure
      cylinder, sometimes in several larger cylinders,
      successively.

   compound ether. chem. see under ether.

   compound flower bot., a flower head resembling a single
      flower, but really composed of several florets inclosed in
      a common calyxlike involucre, as the sunflower or
      dandelion.

   compound fraction. math. see fraction.

   compound fracture. see fracture.

   compound householder, a householder who compounds or
      arranges with his landlord that his rates shall be
      included in his rents. eng.

   compound interest. see interest.

   compound larceny. law see larceny.

   compound leaf bot., a leaf having two or more separate
      blades or leaflets on a common leafstalk.

   compound microscope. see microscope.

   compound motion. see motion.

   compound number math., one constructed according to a
      varying scale of denomination; as, 3 cwt., 1 qr., 5 lb.;
      -- called also denominate number.

   compound pier arch., a clustered column.

   compound quantity alg., a quantity composed of two or
      more simple quantities or terms, connected by the sign +
      plus or - minus. thus, a + b - c, and bb - b, are
      compound quantities.

   compound radical. chem. see radical.

   compound ratio math., the product of two or more ratios;
      thus ab:cd is a ratio compounded of the simple ratios a:c
      and b:d.

   compound rest mech., the tool carriage of an engine
      lathe.

   compound screw mech., a screw having on the same axis two
      or more screws with different pitch a differential
      screw, or running in different directions a right and
      left screw.

   compound time mus., that in which two or more simple
      measures are combined in one; as, 6-8 time is the joining
      of two measures of 3-8 time.

   compound word, a word composed of two or more words;
      specifically, two or more words joined together by a
      hyphen.
      1913 webster
see also:
compound compound addition subtraction multiplication division compound crystal 
compound engine compound ether ether compound flower compound fraction 
fraction compound fracture fracture compound householder compound interest 
interest compound larceny larceny compound leaf compound microscope 
microscope compound motion motion compound number denominate number 
compound pier compound quantity compound radical radical compound ratio 
compound rest compound screw compound time compound word 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

radical \rad"ical\ ra^d"i^kal, n.
   1. philol.
      a a primitive word; a radix, root, or simple, underived,
          uncompounded word; an etymon.
      b a primitive letter; a letter that belongs to the
          radix.
          1913 webster

                the words we at present make use of, and
                understand only by common agreement, assume a
                new air and life in the understanding, when you
                trace them to their radicals, where you find
                every word strongly stamped with nature; full of
                energy, meaning, character, painting, and
                poetry.                           --cleland.
          1913 webster

   2. politics one who advocates radical changes in government
      or social institutions, especially such changes as are
      intended to level class inequalities; -- opposed to
      conservative.
      1913 webster

            in politics they the independents were, to use the
            phrase of their own time, "root-and-branch men," or,
            to use the kindred phrase of our own, radicals.
                                                  --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   3. chem.
      a a characteristic, essential, and fundamental
          constituent of any compound; hence, sometimes, an
          atom.
          1913 webster

                as a general rule, the metallic atoms are basic
                radicals, while the nonmetallic atoms are acid
                radicals.                         --j. p. cooke.
          1913 webster
      b specifically, a group of two or more atoms, not
          completely saturated, which are so linked that their
          union implies certain properties, and are conveniently
          regarded as playing the part of a single atom; a
          residue; -- called also a compound radical. cf.
          residue.
          1913 webster

   4. alg. a radical quantity. see under radical, a.
      1913 webster

            an indicated root of a perfect power of the degree
            indicated is not a radical but a rational quantity
            under a radical form.                 --davies 
                                                  peck math.
                                                  dict.
      1913 webster

   5. anat. a radical vessel. see under radical, a.
      1913 webster
see also:
compound radical residue radical 

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Compound >> C Words
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Compound Senten >> C Words
Compound Senten, definition of term: Compound Senten
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Compound Word >> C Words
Compound Word, definition of term: Compound Word
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Compound Micros >> C Words
Compound Micros, definition of term: Compound Micros
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Compound Intere >> C Words
Compound Intere, definition of term: Compound Intere
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Compound Fractu >> C Words
Compound Fractu, definition of term: Compound Fractu
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Compound Eye >> C Words
Compound Eye, definition of term: Compound Eye
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Carbon Compound >> C Words
Carbon Compound, definition of term: Carbon Compound
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Free Radical >> F Words
Free Radical, definition of term: Free Radical
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