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COMPOUNDING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of combining things to form a new whole
Synonyms:
combination; combining; compounding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("compounding" is a kind of...):
change of integrity (the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "compounding"):
affixation; attachment (the act of attaching or affixing something)
confusion (an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended)
admixture; commixture; intermixture; mix; mixing; mixture (the act of mixing together)
fusion (the act of fusing (or melting) together)
blend; blending (the act of blending components together thoroughly)
interspersal; interspersion (the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things)
temperance (the act of tempering)
conjugation; jointure; unification; union; uniting (the act of making or becoming a single unit)
consolidation; integration (the act of combining into an integral whole)
Derivation:
compound (put or add together)
compound (combine so as to form a whole; mix)
compound (create by mixing or combining)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb compound
