compoundness

Owing to the three subsistences, there is no compoundness or confusion: while, owing to their having the same essence and dwelling in one another, and being the same in will, and energy, and power, and authority, and movement, so to speak, we recognise the indivisibility and the unity of God.

NPNF2-09. Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus 1898

Owen in his definition of teleological compoundness has combined two kinds of adaptation -- (1) temporary adaptation of bones to the exigencies of development, birth and growth (_e. g._, development of long bones from separate centres); (2) definitive adaptation of a skeletal part to the functions which it has to perform (_e. g.

Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology