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compound

1
1. a substance that contains atoms of two or more chemical elements held together by chemical bonds
2. Music
a. denoting a time in which the number of beats per bar is a multiple of three
b. (of an interval) greater than an octave
3. Zoology another word for colonial
4. (of a steam engine, turbine, etc.) having multiple stages in which the steam or working fluid from one stage is used in a subsequent stage
5. (of a piston engine) having a turbocharger powered by a turbine in the exhaust stream

compound

2
(formerly in India, China, etc.) the enclosure in which a European's house or factory stood
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compound

[′käm‚pau̇nd]
(chemistry)
A substance whose molecules consist of unlike atoms and whose constituents cannot be separated by physical means. Also known as chemical compound.
(petroleum engineering)
A power transmission mechanism that transfers power from the engines to the pump, drawworks, and other machinery on a drilling rig.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Compound

A blockchain-based borrowing and lending protocol that runs on Ethereum. In Compound, all crypto of the same type is treated as a single pool. When users supply crypto, they are awarded cTokens for the funds they have lent. With hundreds of millions of dollars locked up in smart contracts, Compound is a leading lending protocol in decentralized finance (DeFi). COMP is Compound's governance token, which is distributed to users every day based on their assets, and COMP holders decide the role and future of Compound. See Ethereum, cryptocurrency and DeFi.
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According to the Awami Colony Police, the deceased's brother, Ghulam Muhammad, has nominated the doctor on duty and the compounder in the case.
Also on the panel will be Dr Oliver Frey, who is head of the compounding department at Ensinger, the German compounder focusing on compounds with special functions, such as electrical or thermal conductivity and tailored tribological properties.
"The compounder handed her the bottle saying it is fridge water but she turned restless and fainted on the ground after drinking the liquid and died soon thereafter," a local senior police official in-charge of the investigation, Dharmendra Kumar, told Gulf News by phone on Thursday, quoting the victim's family members.
In this article, well introduce some of the key concepts of material compounding and describe the roles of material compounders in successful plastics programs.
compounders making sterile products can sell unlimited quantities of drugs on the Food and Drug Administration's drug shortage list without a preexisting prescription and avoid new-drug approval requirements under the FD&C Act.
A Grade II compounder, Sharma had recently applied for voluntary retirement.
The full effect of the global recession on the thermoplastics compounding industry is well documented in AMI's latest report 'Corporate Performance and Ownership among Technical Compounders' - a review of Europe's 50 leading players, which shows that between 2008 and 2009 revenue dropped on average by over 20 per cent.
Even so, shutting down the compounder was difficult.
Silicone additives for thermoplastic compounders are offered by this company.
For industry use, the Ultima Compounder finds primary applications in such areas as fiber grade dispersion of pigments, mixing of nanocomposites, direct injection of plasticizers and liquid stabilizers in PVC (polyvinyl chloride), polymer alloying, wood flour compounding, incorporation of high levels of inorganic fillers, and processing of temperature-sensitive materials and rubber-based products.
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