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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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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. 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. Some were fond of compounding this variety, and having it all on their plates at once. |
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