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Definition of Compound pier

Compound pier
Compound Com"pound, a. [OE. compouned, p. p. of compounen. See Compound, 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. Compound substances are made up of two or more simple substances. --I. Watts. Compound addition, subtraction, multiplication, division (Arith.), the addition, subtraction, etc., of compound numbers. Compound crystal (Crystallog.), a twin crystal, or one seeming to be made up of two or more crystals combined according to regular laws of composition. Compound engine (Mech.), a form of steam engine in which the steam that has been used in a high-pressure cylinder is made to do further service in a larger low-pressure cylinder, sometimes in several larger cylinders, successively. Compound ether. (Chem.) See under Ether. Compound flower (Bot.), a flower head resembling a single flower, but really composed of several florets inclosed in a common calyxlike involucre, as the sunflower or dandelion. Compound fraction. (Math.) See Fraction. Compound fracture. See Fracture. Compound householder, a householder who compounds or arranges with his landlord that his rates shall be included in his rents. [Eng.] Compound interest. See Interest. Compound larceny. (Law) See Larceny. Compound leaf (Bot.), a leaf having two or more separate blades or leaflets on a common leafstalk. Compound microscope. See Microscope. Compound motion. See Motion. Compound number (Math.), one constructed according to a varying scale of denomination; as, 3 cwt., 1 qr., 5 lb.; -- called also denominate number. Compound pier (Arch.), a clustered column. Compound quantity (Alg.), a quantity composed of two or more simple quantities or terms, connected by the sign + (plus) or - (minus). Thus, a + b - c, and bb - b, are compound quantities. Compound radical. (Chem.) See Radical. Compound ratio (Math.), the product of two or more ratios; thus ab:cd is a ratio compounded of the simple ratios a:c and b:d. Compound rest (Mech.), the tool carriage of an engine lathe. Compound screw (Mech.), a screw having on the same axis two or more screws with different pitch (a differential screw), or running in different directions (a right and left screw). Compound time (Mus.), that in which two or more simple measures are combined in one; as, 6-8 time is the joining of two measures of 3-8 time. Compound word, a word composed of two or more words; specifically, two or more words joined together by a hyphen.

Meaning of Compound pier from wikipedia

- Compound pier or cluster pier is the architectural term given to a clustered column or pier which consists of a centre m**** or newel, to which engaged...
- architecture, m****ive circular supports called drum piers, cruciform (cross-shaped) piers, and compound piers are common architectural elements. Columns are...
- and St Nicholas, Etchingham Church of Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu Compound pier / Clustered column Bond 1905, p. 272. Herbermann 1913. Bond 1905, pp...
- covering four bays. This has four arches, all buttressed by one central compound pier. The Gothic hall is overlaid by ribbed vaults. The nave is 20.56 metres...
- Kunsan Pol Terminal Site Madison Site Masan Ammunition Depot Seobingo Compound Pier #8 Tango (U.S. Army) Yong Pyong "Korea’s mountainous terrain channels...
- using the horizontal line of the arcade and clerestory. The use of the compound pier allowed the wall columns to rise together with other shafts supporting...
- frequently used as pier table (which may have legs of any variety), to abut a pier wall. The term console derives from the compound Latin verb consolor...
- almost always reflected in the alternation of supports, usually between compound piers and round columns, although some researchers see to purely decorative...
- a blind arcade below its roofline. It is divided into three bays by compound piers, has a variety of window openings, and horizontal bands of sculptural...
- the County of York, to Catherick, in the same County, and from thence to Pier's Bridge, on the River Tees. Wiltshire Roads (No. 2) Act 1783 24 Geo. 3. Sess...