Compound quantity

(Alg.)

a quantity composed of two or more simple quantities or terms, connected by the sign + (plus) or - (minus). Thus, a + b - c, and bb - b, are compound quantities.

See also: Compound

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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