compound · noun
Sens et exemples
Une substance formée par l’association d’éléments chimiques dans des proportions fixes.
The students learned that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen.
Researchers identified several compounds in the sample taken from the river.
The label lists the chemical compounds used to give the product its colour.
A compound can have very different properties from the elements that form it.
Formes
- compound singular
- compounds plural