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inorganic compound
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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.

inorganic compound
n.
A compound that does not contain hydrocarbon groups.


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