English-Thai Dictionary
decompound
VT สลายตัว sa-lai-tua
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DECOMPOUND
v.t. 1. To compound a second time; to compound or mix with that which is already compound; to form by a second composition.
2. To decompose.
DECOMPOUND
a. 1. Composed of things or words already compounded; compounded a second time.
2. A decompound leaf, in botany, is when the primary petiole is so divided that each part forms a compound leaf. A decompound flower is formed of compound flowers, or containing, within a common calyx, smaller calyxes, common to several flowers.
DECOMPOUNDABLE
a.That may be decompounded.
DECOMPOUNDED
pp. Compounded a second time; composed of things already compounded.
DECOMPOUNDING
ppr. Compounding a second time.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DECOMPOUND
De `com *pound ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decompounded; p. pr. & vb. n.Decompounding. ] Etym: [Pref. de- (intens. in sense 1 ) + compound, v. t.]
1. To compound or mix with that is already compound; to compound a second time.
2. To reduce to constituent parts; to decompose. It divides and decompounds objects into. .. parts. Hazlitt.
DECOMPOUND
De `com *pound ", a. Etym: [Pref. de- (intens.) + compound, a.]
1. Compound of what is already compounded; compounded a second time.
2. (Bot. )
Defn: Several times compounded or divided, as a leaf or stem; decomposite.
DECOMPOUND
DECOMPOUND De `com *pound ", n.
Defn: A decomposite.
DECOMPOUNDABLE
DECOMPOUNDABLE De `com *pound "a *ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being decompounded.