What's the difference between compound and formula?

Compound


Definition:

  • (n.) In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.
  • (v. t.) To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine.
  • (v. t.) To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
  • (v. t.) To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
  • (v. t.) To compose; to constitute.
  • (v. t.) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise; to discharge from obligation upon terms different from those which were stipulated; as, to compound a debt.
  • (v. i.) To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; -- usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration.
  • (v. t.) Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a compound word.
  • (n.) That which is compounded or formed by the union or mixture of elements ingredients, or parts; a combination of simples; a compound word; the result of composition.
  • (n.) A union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight, so combined as to form a distinct substance; as, water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These factors might account for the lower systemic bioavailability of these compounds.
  • (2) The interaction of the antibody with both the bacterial and the tissue derived polysialic acids suggests that the conformational epitope critical for the interaction is formed by both classes of compounds.
  • (3) These organic compounds were found to be stable on the sorbent tubes for at least seven days.
  • (4) Compound Z has the properties expected of an oxidized MPT precursor.
  • (5) Although Jeggo's Chinese hamster ovary cells were more responsive to mAMSA, novo still abrogated mAMSA toxicity in the mutant cells as well as in the parental Chinese hamster ovary cells 2,4-Dinitrophenol acted similarly to novo with respect to mAMSA killing, but neither compound reduced the ATP content of V79 cells.
  • (6) Recent data collected by the Games Outcomes Project and shared on the website Gamasutra backs up the view that crunch compounds these problems rather than solving them.
  • (7) There fore, the adverse effects may be induced by such quartz or silicon compounds.
  • (8) Fluorination with [18F]acetylhypofluorite yields 6-[18F]fluoro-L-dopa with 95% radiochemical purity; fluorination of the same substrate with [18F]F2 yields a mixture of all three structural isomers in a ratio of 70:16:14 for 6-, 5-, and 2-fluoro compounds.
  • (9) Mitonafide is the lead compound of a new series of antitumor drugs, the 3-Nitronaphthalimides, which have shown antineoplastic activity in vitro as well as in vivo.
  • (10) We have examined the activities of X, Y, and several related compounds as activators of macrophages.
  • (11) [125I]ET-1 binding to ETB receptors (nonselective to ET isopeptides) in cerebellar membranes was not inhibited by either of these compounds even at 100 microM.
  • (12) The individual classes of drugs are first treated separately to highlight specific aspects of their quantification, and this is followed by an overview of those methods permitting the concomitant analysis of two or more antiepileptic compounds.
  • (13) The remainder of the radioactivity appeared chromatographically just prior to the bisantrene peak, indicating that compounds more polar than the parent were present as transformation products.
  • (14) The ADAM derivative of carnitine was separated from decomposition products of the reagent and related compounds such as amino acid derivatives on a silica gel column eluted with methanol-5% aqueous SDS-phosphoric acid (990:10:1).
  • (15) Accidentally discovered nearly 40 years ago as the first true antidepressants, the MAOIs soon fell into disfavor due to concerns about toxicity and seemingly lesser efficacy compared with the newer tricyclic compounds.
  • (16) In a series of compounds with H2-antihistaminic activity, a conformational analysis was performed based on force field calculations.
  • (17) All three compounds were also very similar in their effects on [3H]5HT release from superfused rat striatal slices.
  • (18) A new compound, 5-bromo-2-(N,N-dimethylaminomethyl)furnan (IIc), is prepared in a similar way.
  • (19) On the basis of obtained data on the uniformity of chemical compounds of the secretion of glands belonging to different groups their common origin has been suggested.
  • (20) S-methyl-l-cysteine, 2-hydroxy-4-methiol butyric acid, S-adenosyl-l-methionine, and methionine peptides were the only compounds supporting growth, when substituted for methionine.

Formula


Definition:

  • (n.) A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or conventional method in which anything is to be done, arranged, or said.
  • (n.) A written confession of faith; a formal statement of foctrines.
  • (n.) A rule or principle expressed in algebraic language; as, the binominal formula.
  • (n.) A prescription or recipe for the preparation of a medicinal compound.
  • (n.) A symbolic expression (by means of letters, figures, etc.) of the constituents or constitution of a compound.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Since iron from fortified formulas is well absorbed during the first three months of life, even if it is not immediately used for hemoglobin formation, an inccrease in the iron stores will occur...
  • (2) The IgG index (formula: see text) corrects for the influence of serum protein abnormalities as well as a bloodbrain barrier damage and is, therefore, a better measure for the presence of an IgG elevation in CSF due to IgG synthesis, when compared with other IgG quotients commonly used.
  • (3) The Sports Network broadcasts live NHL, Nascar, golf and horse racing – having also recently purchased the rights for Formula One – and will show 154 of the 196 games that NBC will cover.
  • (4) Formula fed infants retained more nitrogen and gained weight faster.
  • (5) This paper provides power formulae for historically controlled studies with survival time endpoints, and considers two designs.
  • (6) It is of particular interest that in this paraprotein the major component is a biantennary complex-type oligosaccharide that lacks a fucose residue and an oligosaccharide with the structure (Formula: see text) exists as one of the most abundant components.
  • (7) For the different age categories the best prediction formula for the FFM from body impedance, sex, age and anthropometric variables was calculated.
  • (8) The size of KM of neuraminidase is similar in all chicken influenza virus strains their antigenic formula is suggested [A(GP6-H3N2)].
  • (9) Infants were fed the same quantity of formula each day, either for 5 minutes or by continuous drip for 2 to 3 hours.
  • (10) The results of these investigations suggest that there is a biochemically significant decrease in the bioavailability of zinc when these artificial formulas are used.
  • (11) We performed a stepwise discriminant analysis first with only casual and end exercise systolic and diastolic BP, then after introducing age, overweight (Lorentz's formula), duration of hypertension, Sokoloff index and cholesterolemia.
  • (12) Although one of the two formulas predicted hematocrit values significantly, the only component of the formula that made a significant contribution was fetal hydrops.
  • (13) All are satisfied by [Formula: see text], where N is the size of rod signal, constant for threshold; theta, theta(D) are steady backgrounds of light and receptor noise; varphi is the threshold flash with sigma a constant of about 2.5 log td sec; B the fraction of pigment in the bleached state.
  • (14) In the first of two studies, we randomized 2-d-old miniature piglets to receive bottle-feedings of a swine weaning milk formula with (group F + I) or without (group F) the addition of insulin.
  • (15) But she noticed Mohamed getting smaller and sicker, until she eventually brought him to the centre, where the nuns give him F-75 – an enriched formula adapted for malnourished children, fortified porridge, plumpy nut, and soup with meat and fish.
  • (16) The content of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) in human milk, cow's milk and cow's-milk-based infant formulas was determined by radioimmunoassay.
  • (17) The ideal body weight (kg) of each individual can be calculated by the following formula: ideal body mass index x the height (m)2, since body mass index is expressed by the body weight in kilogram divided by the height squared in meters.
  • (18) Ten infants were breast-fed, six received an adapted infant formula supplemented with copper, zinc and iron.
  • (19) The reaction sequence leading from EAC1-9 to ghosts can be summarized as follows: formula: (see text).
  • (20) The O-polysaccharide was found to be a high molecular weight polymer of a repeating pentasaccharide unit composed of D-mannose, D-galactose, L-rhamnose, 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucose, and 2-acetamido-2,3-dideoxy-3-formamido-D-rhamnose residues (1:1:1:1:1) and had the structure: [formula: see text]