compound

Summary

compound ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (758 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• compound is a type of lexeme^[2].
• compound is a type of complex word^[3].
• compound's has cause is recorded as compounding^[4].
• compound's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Compound words^[5].
• compound's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[6].
• compound's main Wikidata property is recorded as P5238^[7].
• compound's different from is recorded as Złożenie^[8].
• compound's different from is recorded as word combination^[9].
• compound's different from is recorded as compound^[10].
• compound's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#Compound^[11].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include lexeme^[2] and complex word^[3].

Influence

Things named for compound include tistarite^[12], a mineral species^[13]; rubicline^[14], a mineral species^[15]; clinohedrite^[16], a mineral species^[17]; stannoidite^[18], a mineral species^[19]; xanthoxenite^[20], a mineral species^[21]; zircophyllite^[22], a mineral species^[23]; leadamalgam^[24], a mineral species^[25]; and irarsite^[26], a mineral species^[27].

Why It Matters

compound ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (758 views/month).^[1] compound has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] compound is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]

Entities named for compound include tistarite^[12], a mineral species^[13]; rubicline^[14], a mineral species^[15]; clinohedrite^[16], a mineral species^[17]; stannoidite^[18], a mineral species^[19]; xanthoxenite^[20], a mineral species^[21]; and zircophyllite^[22], a mineral species^[23].