Compound, kom'-pownd, a

composed of two or more ingredients, or of different elementary bodies; composed of two or more words [Gram.]: s. a body formed by the the result union of of composition. two or more elementary A compound substances flower, a, species of aggregate flower; a compound leaf connects several leaflets in one petiole; a compound raceme is composed of several small racemes; a compound fructification consists of several confluent florets [Bot.] Compound interest, interest added to the principal, and bearing interest [Comm.] Compound addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, calculation of quantities of different denominations [Arith.] Compound ratio, that which the product of the antecedents of two or more ratios has to the product of their consequents [Arith. ] Compound quantity, a quantity composed of two or more simple quantities or terms, connected by the sign+ (plus), or (minus) [Alg.] compounded.