compounding

Academic Word List, sublist 5.

About 1.27 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of compound
2. noun An accumulation of compound interest.

   the number of compoundings per year

3. noun The act of mixing or combining substances to make a compound, such as a medicine
4. noun The use of steam more than once in a steam engine or turbine, in additional low-pressure cylinders etc.

Similar words

combination combining cumulative composition accumulation composite readiness prepare preparedness prepared

Often followed by

the of and is this with a periods for

Word family

compound compounded compounds