Meaning

3 senses
  1. An accumulation of compound interest.

    the number of compoundings per year

  2. The act of mixing or combining substances to make a compound, such as a medicine

    the act of combining things to form a new whole

  3. The use of steam more than once in a steam engine or turbine, in additional low-pressure cylinders etc.

Forms

plural: compoundings
Singularcompounding
Pluralcompoundings

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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