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a. [ LL. combinatus, p. p. ] United; joined; betrothed. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. combinatio. See Combine. ] 1. The act or process of combining or uniting persons and things. [ 1913 Webster ]

Making new compounds by new combinations. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

A solemn combination shall be made
Of our dear souls. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The result of combining or uniting; union of persons or things; esp. a union or alliance of persons or states to effect some purpose; -- usually in a bad sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

A combination of the most powerful men in Rome who had conspired my ruin. Melmoth. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Chem.) The act or process of uniting by chemical affinity, by which substances unite with each other in definite proportions by weight to form distinct compounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. pl. (Math.) The different arrangements of a number of objects, as letters, into groups. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In combinations no regard is paid to the order in which the objects are arranged in each group, while in variations and permutations this order is respected. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

Combination car, a railroad car containing two or more compartments used for different purposes. [ U. S. ] --
Combination lock, a lock in which the mechanism is controlled by means of a movable dial (sometimes by several dials or rings) inscribed with letters or other characters. The bolt of the lock can not be operated until after the dial has been so turned as to combine the characters in a certain order or succession. --
Combination room, in the University of Cambridge, Eng., a room into which the fellows withdraw after dinner, for wine, dessert, and conversation. --
Combination by volume (Chem.), the act, process, or ratio by which gaseous elements and compounds unite in definite proportions by volume to form distinct compounds. --
Combination by weight (Chem.), the act, process, or ratio, in which substances unite in proportions by weight, relatively fixed and exact, to form distinct compounds. See Law of definite proportions, under Definite.

Syn. -- Cabal; alliance; association; league; union; confederacy; coalition; conspiracy. See Cabal. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or relating to combinations.
Syn. -- combinable, combinatory, combining(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. produced by a combinatorial process. [ Narrower terms: combinable, combinational, combinatory, combining(prenominal) ] Also See: integrative. Antonym: noncombinative. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. able to combine; tending to combine. [ Narrower terms: integrative (vs. disintegrative) ]
Syn. -- combinatory, combinatorial. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. same as combinatorial, 1.
Syn. -- combinative, combinatorial. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. able to be combined.
Syn. -- combinable, combinational, combining(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. same as combinatorial, 2. [ Narrower terms: combinative (vs. noncombinative) ]
Syn. -- combinatorial. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. able to combine; tending to combine. same as combinative, 2. [ Narrower terms: integrative (vs. disintegrative) ]
Syn. -- combinative. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. of or relating to combinations. [ Narrower terms: combinative (vs. noncombinative) ] WordNet 1.5 ]

3. produced by a process of combining; as, a combinatorial explosion of possibilities; -- used especially in reference to mathematical or statistical processes of computing possible combinations.
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v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Combined p. pr. & vb. n. Combining. ] [ 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 substance, as by chemical union. [ 1913 Webster ]

So fitly them in pairs thou hast combined. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Friendship is the cement which really combines mankind. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

And all combined, save what thou must combine
By holy marriage. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Earthly sounds, though sweet and well combined. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bind; to hold by a moral tie. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I am combined by a sacred vow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To form a union; to agree; to coalesce; to confederate. [ 1913 Webster ]

You with your foes combine,
And seem your own destruction to design Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

So sweet did harp and voice combine. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Card Playing) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 submultiples of, the atomic weight. See Atomic weight, under Atomic, a. [ 1913 Webster ]