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compounding

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compounding [′käm‚pau̇nd·iŋ]
(mechanical engineering)
The series placing of cylinders in an engine (such as steam) for greater ratios of expansion and consequent improved engine economy.
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Marilla in the kitchen below, compounding blue plum preserve, heard it and smiled; then sighed to think how seldom that dear laugh would echo through Green Gables in the years to come.
Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
On the other side of the house, old Roger Chillingworth arranged his study and laboratory: not such as a modern man of science would reckon even tolerably complete, but provided with a distilling apparatus and the means of compounding drugs and chemicals, which the practised alchemist knew well how to turn to purpose.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
Some were fond of compounding this variety, and having it all on their plates at once.
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