2. Noun. That which is not a compound. ¹
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Definition of Noncompound
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Noncompound
Literary usage of Noncompound
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Extracts from the Style Book of the Government Printing Office by Geological Survey (U.S., United States Government Printing Office, Government Printing Office, George McLane Wood, Geological Survey (U.S.), United States (1915)
"noncompound WORDS. Omit the hyphen in such Latin forms as "an ex officio
member," "ante bellum days," "prima facie evidence," "per diem employees," etc.; ..."
2. Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time by Gilbert Burnet, Thomas Burnet (1833)
"... join them y: it appeared by his discoveries, that the Jacobites in England
were much divided: some were called compounders, and others noncompound- ers. ..."
3. Style Book: A Compilation of Rules Governing Executive, Congressional, and by United States Government Printing Office (1917)
"Compound and noncompound words: COMPOUND WORDS— Adjectives, compound, ...
noncompound WORDS-^- Abbreviated terms, 922. Civil and military titles, 922. ..."
4. Divine Providence by Emanuel Swedenborg (2003)
"Leibniz criticized this type of theory by declaring that although the material
atom might be thought to be perfectly "simple," that is, noncompound, ..."
5. History of His Own Time: With the Suppressed Passages of the First Volume by Gilbert Burnet (1823)
"... Jacobites in England were much divided : some were called compounders, and
others noncompound- ers. The first sort desired securities from king James, ..."
6. United States Congressional Serial Set by United States Government Printing Office (1893)
"A large compound engine and a noncompound single cylinder engine of each of the
above types were exhibited in operation. The compound engines were composed ..."
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