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compound number

a quantity expressed in two or more sorts of related units (Ex.: 4 ft, 7 in; 1 lb, 3 oz)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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