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Example sentences for "compound"

Lexicographically close words:
composting; composto; composts; composure; compote; compounded; compounder; compounding; compounds; comprador
  1. Lardner's calculations, based upon the average performance of those days, justified him in saying that steam navigation could not pay--as was really the case until the introduction of the compound engine.

  2. The compound thus obtained is a deep red amorphous powder, readily capable of volatilization.

  3. A high speed compound engine, running at 500 revolutions per minute, with direct-driven dynamo for electric lighting.

  4. Another important feature of the apparatus is a compound anode which consists of carbon plates, with a metal core to increase the conductivity.

  5. After the mixing of the compound and the calendering, that is the spreading it in sheets, the great roll of rubber and cloth that is to be made into corrugated matting is sent to the pressman.

  6. Recent preparation of this compound and its properties New Boron Compounds.

  7. I am doing quite wrong in being so lenient to you; I am proposing, in short, to compound a felony.

  8. A rude paling, built negro-wise of broken barrel-staves, nailed rudely together, separated the garden from the compound next to it.

  9. The compound was then emptied into a trencher, and from the arrangements or constructions of the figures, the destiny of the enquiring individual was predicted.

  10. Or society at the present day--what is it but a compound of deceit and hypocrisy?

  11. This excess of heat energy[1] is due to some form of potential energy in the compound which becomes actual heat energy at the moment of dissolution of the chemical union.

  12. This had been seized by the parliament, but Evelyn was able to compound with the occupiers for L3500, and after the Restoration his possession was secured.

  13. Some of this energy has become potential, or rather the compound formed has been raised to a higher potential.

  14. X, which maybe some compound of diazobenzene.

  15. The compound +para-deśa+ was supposed to mean the highest or a distant country, and all the rest seemed so evident as to require no further elucidation.

  16. The compound answers in intention to our plural, but in form it is wide apart from men, the plural of man.

  17. Does Professor Curtius hold that compound forms like Gothic nasi-da were formed not only before the Aryan separation, but before the introduction of case-terminations?

  18. Such compounds, we know, can be formed at pleasure, and they continued to be formed long after the full development of the Aryan declension, and the same would apply to the compound stems of causal verbs.

  19. The field magnet shunt coils of shunt and compound wound dynamos, are invariably arranged in series with one another, and then connected as a shunt to the brushes or terminals of the machine.

  20. The series coils of series and compound wound machines are arranged either in series or in parallel with one another, according to conditions of operation, and then connected in series to the armature and external circuit.

  21. By means of compound motors the starting at a distance with only two mains may be effected, just as in the case of the series motor.

  22. Simplified diagram of the connections of starter connected to compound motor as shown in fig.

  23. The compound motor has, to a certain extent, the merits of the series motor without its disadvantages.

  24. With a compound dynamo there is compensation for line loss, that is, it can be constructed so that the voltage at its terminals, or at the load can be maintained constant or allowed to increase or decrease with a change in load.

  25. The series and shunt coils of the compound winding here shown are wound separately, the smaller one being the series coil and the larger the shunt coil.

  26. Compound motor connections for starting from a distant point.

  27. The compound wound motors operate at approximately the same full load speeds as the shunt wound, but the no load speeds will be about 20 per cent.

  28. Mention some characteristics of the compound motor.

  29. Describe the connections for starting a compound motor at a distance.

  30. A compound motor may, however, even with this arrangement, be easily started, provided the load on starting be not too heavy.

  31. A compound winding may be used on motors for many different purposes.

  32. I blame you not, For hearing this, I must perforce compound With mixtfull eyes, or they will issue to.

  33. Not until later does the mechanical difficulty of articulation exert an influence, and this comes in at the learning of the compound sounds.

  34. New also is the separation of the particle in compound verbs, as in fällt immer um (keeps tumbling over).

  35. In plain terms, I found him to be a pretty equal compound by nature, of the fool, the tyrant, and the coward.

  36. Before she crossed the Hadriatic, she had begun to put on the character of that compound power, politically Roman, intellectually Greek, whose calling it was to leaven the world.

  37. The mineral changed so rapidly to green vitriol that enough of this poisonous compound was washed into the ground to kill the roots of the surrounding grass.

  38. The head shield carries a pair of large, crescentic, compound eyes, like those of the insect.

  39. I" especially used in "I want that," etc.

  40. She was a compound of innocence and coquetry.

  41. If you want money, I can give you back all you gave me, and with compound interest.

  42. The old Latin poets attempted to compound as largely as the Greek; hence in Ennius such words as belligerentes, &c.

  43. He is the exact compound of the timidity and gentleness of Isaac, and of the underhand craftiness of his mother Rebecca.

  44. In the Spanish proverb, the fourth man necessary to compound a salad, is a madman to mix it: Jack is that madman.

  45. The face of my faithful liegeman, at the first spoonful of this compound he put into his mouth, would have been worthy to figure in Peregrine Pickle's antique repast, and turned my anger into loud laughter.

  46. In him has not inaptly been observed a compound of Richard the Third and Falstaff.

  47. This is one of the pigments for black lacquer, but does not give a brilliant colour, therefore it is better to prepare the black lacquer by adding iron powder or some compound of iron to the lacquer.

  48. Pigments of any nature whatever may be used with the shellac varnish to give the desired tint to the ground, and where necessary they may be mixed together to form any compound colour, such as blue and yellow to form green.

  49. Such a compound person probably looks like A.

  50. One can make a compound formation of events and of places in the same way as of people, provided always that the single events and localities have something in common which the latent dream emphasizes.

  51. We have already become acquainted with such condensation and compound formations; they played an important part in the origin of certain cases of slips of the tongue.

  52. By means of this compound formation something common to all four people is especially emphasized.

  53. The sect held "Sabbath" orgies, where demons were adored, and transformations of witches and wizards took place, after anointing themselves with a compound made from the grease of reptiles.

  54. Objects of different kinds are combined in one compound figure.

  55. First of all, what is the derivation of this compound term?

  56. It was a most favourite drink of the middle ages, a compound of wine and aromatics.

  57. I've tasted it--'tis spiritless and flat, And has as many different tastes As can be found in compound pastes.

  58. Careless handling has often been the means of a simple fracture being converted into a compound one.

  59. A simple fracture is analogous to the subcutaneous laceration in the soft parts, and a compound one to an open wound in the soft parts.

  60. Man is a compound of two distinct substances, mind and body, the one immaterial and the other material.

  61. The following is also recommended as a good cooling compound for heavy bearings:--Tallow 2 lb.


  62. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "compound" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    accommodate; acid; acidity; acrostic; add; adjust; admixture; agent; alkali; alloy; amalgam; amalgamate; amalgamation; ambiguous; ambivalent; amphibious; anion; antacid; assemblage; assemble; assembly; assimilate; atom; augment; base; biochemical; blend; blended; brew; build; building; buildup; cast; cation; chemical; coalesce; combination; combine; combined; commingle; complex; complicated; compose; composed; composite; composition; compost; compound; comprise; compromise; concoct; concrete; confection; conglomerate; connect; consolidate; constitution; construct; construction; create; dappled; devise; eclectic; elaborate; element; elixir; embodiment; embody; emulsify; enclosure; encompass; ensemble; equivocal; erect; evolve; fabricate; fabrication; fashion; flux; form; formation; formulate; frame; fuse; fusion; hash; heighten; heterogeneous; hybrid; include; incorporate; incorporation; increase; indiscriminate; indite; integrate; interlace; interlard; intermingle; intermix; intertwine; interweave; intricate; ion; ironic; isomer; join; jumble; jumbled; junction; knead; make; makeup; manifest; manufacture; mature; medley; meerschaum; merge; mingle; mingled; miscellaneous; mix; mixed; mixture; mold; molecule; motley; mould; moulder; mouldy; multinational; neutralizer; organization; paste; patchy; pluralistic; plus; pound; preparation; prepare; produce; promiscuous; push; radical; raise; reagent; rear; scramble; scrambled; settle; setup; shape; shuffle; solidify; solution; structure; surrender; syndicate; synthesis; synthesize; unify; unite; varied; work; write; yield


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    compound body; compound engine; compound fracture; compound fractures; compound interest; compound leaf; compound leaves; compound microscope; compound predicate; compound sentence; compound subject; compound tincture; compound word; compound words