verb. Present participle of combine.

noun. the act of combining things to form a new whole

noun. an occurrence that results in things being united

"By taking the equivalent or some multiple of it a value can be obtained for each element which will represent its combining value, and for this reason is called its _combining weight_."

affining  aligning  assigning  brining  confining  

accompanying  accordant  agreeing  associate  associated  

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