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compound

1
1. a substance that contains atoms of two or more chemical elements held together by chemical bonds
2. Music
a. denoting a time in which the number of beats per bar is a multiple of three
b. (of an interval) greater than an octave
3. Zoology another word for colonial
4. (of a steam engine, turbine, etc.) having multiple stages in which the steam or working fluid from one stage is used in a subsequent stage
5. (of a piston engine) having a turbocharger powered by a turbine in the exhaust stream

compound

2
(formerly in India, China, etc.) the enclosure in which a European's house or factory stood
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compound

[′käm‚pau̇nd]
(chemistry)
A substance whose molecules consist of unlike atoms and whose constituents cannot be separated by physical means. Also known as chemical compound.
(petroleum engineering)
A power transmission mechanism that transfers power from the engines to the pump, drawworks, and other machinery on a drilling rig.
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The judge ruled, 'The offences against human body are though compoundable but at the same time it is an offence against the State for which the State machinery has to take steps for prosecution of the offender, which, in the instant case, is lacking.'
Mediations (compromises), in hurt and other compoundable cases, are highly valued in Pakistani legal system.
Before 1990 the 'honour killing' was a non-compoundable offence, but it was later made compoundable in view of the opinion by religious scholars and recommendations by the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII).
(19.) The Indian Law Commission has recommended making the offence compoundable, ie subject to settlement by the offender and the victim with the court's approval: Law Commission of India, Compounding of (IPC) Offences (Report No 237, 2011) 16-25, 34.
(2) It is as if, when first elaborated, biopolitics were made up by a semantic ambivalence that bisected it into two mutually non-compoundable halves, or compoundable only at the price of subduing one to the other's violent dominance.
Stereon 842A pelletized multiblock linear copolymer is compoundable or dryblended with PS, PP, or PE to improve impact, flexibility, and tear strength.
This book stresses that idealized timing maximizes compoundable assets and minimizes tax burdens.
Of the 30 legislators who had signed on Haider's resolution to define honor killings as simple and brutal murder and to make them compoundable offenses so culprits do not go scot-free, 22 opposed the bill and he was left with four people who stood by him.
This, however, is precisely what the The (all male) Malimath Committee suggested in a way by recommending that complaints made under the "heartless provisions" of section 498 (a), IPC be made bailable and compoundable. The Malimath Committee produced a 600 page report which among other things included 16 research papers but for some reasons excluded not only any discussion on the issue of violence against women but also excluded any inputs either from victims of marital cruelty or from those working in the field.
This paves the way for a new generation of compoundable HNBRs with valuable properties for use by end users.
yellow taxes, Pajeros) have compoundable the deficit problem.
Asserting that the Bill was for gender justice, dignity and equality, he said that the offence has been made compoundable and bailable in the Bill.