Compound

Compound may refer to:

Architecture and built environments

• Compound (enclosure), a group of buildings that has a shared purpose, usually inside a fence or wall
  • Compound (fortification), a type of the above with defensive structures
• Compound (migrant labour), a hostel for migrant workers
• The Compound, an place in Palm Bay, Florida, US
• Komboni or compound, a type of slum in Zambia

Government and law

• Composition (fine), a legal procedure in use after the English Civil War
  • Committee for Compounding with Delinquents, an English Civil War institution that allowed Parliament to compound the estates of Royalists
• Compounding treason, an offence under the common law of England
• Compounding a felony, a previous offense under the common law of England

Linguistics

• Compound (linguistics), a word that is made of words that add together
• Compound sentence (linguistics), a sentence that is made up of two or more independent clauses

Science, technology, and mathematics

Biology and medicine

• Compounding, the mixing of drugs in pharmacy
• Compound fracture, a complete fracture of bone where at least one broken piece has damaged the skin, soft tissue or surrounding body cavity
• Compound leaf, a type of leaf being divided into smaller leaflets

Chemistry and materials science

• Chemical compound, a substance that is made up of two or more elements
• Plastic compounding, a method of mixing polymers and additives to make plastic

Vehicles and engines

• Compound engine, a steam engine in which steam is expanded through two or three cylinders before exhaust
• Turbo-compound engine, an internal combustion engine where exhaust gases exits through power-turbines
• Compounding pressure, a method in which pressure in a steam turbine is made to drop in a number of stages

Other uses in science, technology, and mathematics

• Compound bow, a type of bow for archery
• Polyhedral compound, a polyhedron composed of multiple polyhedra sharing the same centre

Other uses

Common names

• Compound (music), an attribute of a time signature
• Compound interest, in finance, unpaid interest that is added to the principal
• Compound chocolate, an inexpensive chocolate substitute that uses cocoa but does not have cocoa butter

Proper names

• The Compound (book), a 2008 young adult novel by S. A. Bodeen
• Compound (company), a venture capital firm previously known as Metamorphic Ventures
• Eisenhuth Horseless Vehicle Company, or Compound, a former US automobile manufacturer