compound number

noun

1. a quantity expressed in more than one denomination or unit, as one foot six inches or one minute twenty seconds.

compound number

noun

1. a quantity expressed in two or more different but related units

   3 hours 10 seconds is a compound number

Word History and Origins

Origin of compound number¹

First recorded in 1550–60

Example Sentences

We were in Offshore Processing Centre compound number 3 – the family compound in the Nauru detention facility – for a year and three weeks.

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They are working in compound numbers and are doing so well.

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A quantity expressed in two or more denominations is usually called a compound number or compound quantity.

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Use a hyphen in compound numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine, and in fractions according to the following examples: Twenty-three, eighty-nine; but one hundred and one.

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The Esquimaux cannot reckon, numerically, beyond six; and their compound numbers reach no further than 21: all beyond this are called a multitude.

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