a general sense, an appellation given to whatever is composed, or made up of different things: thus we say, a compound word, compound sound, compound taste, compound force, &c.

Compound-interest. See Interest.

Compound numbers, those which may be divided by some other number besides unity, without leaving any remainder: such are 18, 20, &c. the first being measured by the numbers 2, 6, or 9; and the second by the numbers 2, 4, 5, 10.