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COMBINED
combined
(adjective) made or joined or united into one
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
combined (not comparable)
Resulting from the addition of several sources, parts, elements, aspects, etc. able to be united together, to converge.
Antonyms
• uncombined
• divided
• separated
Verb
combined
simple past tense and past participle of combine
Noun
combined (plural combineds)
(skiing) Ellipsis of alpine combined. An event in alpine skiing consisting of one run of downhill and two runs of slalom.
(skiing) Ellipsis of nordic combined.
Source: Wiktionary
Com*bined", a.
Definition: United closely; confederated; chemically united.
COMBINE
Com*bine", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Combined; p. pr. & vb. n. Combining.] Etym: [LL. combinare, combinatum; L. com- + binus, pl. bini, two and two, double: cf. F. combiner. See Binary.]
1. To unite or join; to link closely together; to bring into harmonious union; to cause or unite so as to form a homogeneous, as by chemical union. So fitly them in pairs thou hast combined. Milton. Friendship is the which really combines mankind. Dr. H. More. And all combined, save what thou must combine By holy marriage. Shak. Earthly sounds, though sweet and well combined. Cowper.
2. To bind; to hold by a moral tie. [Obs.] I am combined by a sacred vow. Shak.
Com*bine", v. i.
1. To form a union; to agree; to coalesce; to confederate. You with your foes combine, And seem your own destruction to design Dryden. So sweet did harp and voice combine. Sir W. Scott.
2. To unite by affinity or natural attraction; as, two substances, which will not combine of themselves, may be made to combine by the intervention of a third.
3. (Card Playing)
Definition: In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played. Combining weight (Chem.), that proportional weight, usually referred to hydrogen as a standard, and for each element fixed and exact, by which an element unites with another to form a distinct compound. The combining weights either are identical with, or are multiples or multiples of, the atomic weight. See Atomic weight, under Atomic, a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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