compounding

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of compound. Use this when something keeps adding to itself or is being mixed together.

   Interest is compounding faster than I expected.

   The mess kept compounding all week.

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   The growth of money when interest is added to interest you already earned.

   Like a snowball rolling downhill, growing bigger as it picks up more snow.

   Thanks to compounding, her savings grew much faster after ten years.

   Compounding turned a small deposit into a large sum over time.

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   The act of mixing substances together to make something, such as a medicine.

   Like following a recipe to mix ingredients into one finished dish.

   The pharmacist showed me the compounding of the cream.

   Careful compounding makes sure the medicine is safe to take.

   Similarpreparation, mixing, formulation, blending

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4. 4
   noununcountable

   The use of steam more than once inside an engine to get more power from it.

   Like using the same water twice to turn two wheels instead of one.

   Compounding let the old engine run on less coal.

   Engineers used compounding to get more work from the same steam.

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