English-Dutch translations for compound

• complex
• samengesteld
  Samengestelde mengsels zijn handelsgeheimen die in jaren van onderzoek en tests zijn opgebouwd. Compound mixes are trade secrets built up over years of research and trial.
  Daarbij gaat het bijvoorbeeld om de maximale debetrente en samengestelde interest ofwel rente op rente. I am talking, for example, about maximum overdraft fees and compound interest, which is interest on interest.
  Het compromis in de voetnoot is niet van toepassing wanneer kruiden en specerijen samen met aroma's voorkomen in samengestelde levensmiddelen. The compromise in the footnote does not apply when herbs and spices appear together with flavourings in compound food.
• samenstelling
  Afgezien van de straling, is verarmd uranium een chemisch giftige samenstelling. Apart from the radiation, DU is a chemical toxic compound.
  Wij weten, en dat is ook in onze amendementen terug te vinden, dat daarom een zekere samenstelling vereist is, waarin ook nikkel en koper voorkomen. We know, and have taken account of this in our amendments, that is why a compound including nickel and copper is needed.
  Ook dienen producenten op verzoek van de veeboer of de handelaar de exacte samenstelling van een mengvoeder op te geven. It also requires operators to notify the exact composition of the compound feedingstuff on the request of the stock farmer or any operator.
• stof
  In de titel is weliswaar sprake van chemische stoffen, maar in artikel 3 wordt daar niet naar verwezen, en in plaats daarvan vinden we daar een definitie van stoffen. Although the title refers to chemical compounds, Article 3 makes no mention of them, and instead gives a definition of a substance.
  Men kwam echter overeen dat de Werkgroep geneesmiddelenbewaking van het Comité zou onderzoeken of het gebruik van deze stof een veiligheidsrisico met zich meebrengt. However, it was agreed that the committee's pharmacovigilance working party would investigate if there was a safety issue with this compound.
• verbinding
  In mijn lichaam zit bijvoorbeeld een hoeveelheid zwavel en zwavel zou ik eigenlijk op zich niet tot mij willen nemen, maar in een chemische verbinding ziet het er heel anders uit.Now, sulphur is not something I would readily choose to ingest. However, things are quite different when we are dealing with chemical compounds.

Definition of compound

• an enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined
• composed of elements; not simple
• dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, or with processes more complex than the simple process
• An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth
• Anything made by combining several things
• A substance formed by chemical union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight
• a , a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders
• To form by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts
• To assemble into a whole; to combine, mix, or unite
• To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else
• To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated
• To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise
• To come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; usually followed by ''with'before the person participating, and ''for'before the thing compounded or the consideration
• To compose; to constitute
• To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest
• Of a horse: to fail to maintain speed

Synonyms

• jail
• pen
• pound
• prison

Examples

• a compound word
• compound addition; compound proportion
• to compound a medicine
• to compound a debt

Related words

• meso-compound
• turbocompound
• compound word
• compound eye
• compound interest
• compound sentence
• compound words
• compound bow
• compound leaf