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compound-wound

American

[kom-pound-wound] / ˈkɒm paʊndˈwaʊnd /

adjective

Electricity.

noting an electric device in which part of the field circuit is in parallel with the armature circuit and part is in series with it.

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The tourteau fromagé is—getting into the compound-word spirit here—a goatcheesecake.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 4, 2016

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