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compound /com·pound/ (kom´pownd)
1. made up of two or more parts or ingredients. 2. a substance made up of two or more materials. 3. in chemistry, a substance consisting of two or more elements in union. 4. to combine to form a whole; unite. clathrate compounds inclusion complexes in which molecules of one type are trapped within cavities of another substance, such as within a crystalline lattice structure or large molecule. inorganic compound a compound of chemical elements containing no carbon atoms. organic compound a compound of chemical elements containing carbon atoms. organometallic compound one in which carbon is linked to a metal. quaternary ammonium compound an organic compound containing a quaternary ammonium group, a nitrogen atom carrying a single positive charge bonded to four carbon atoms, e.g., choline.
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