Composite

Composite
Composite Com*pos"ite (?; 277), a. [L. compositus made up of parts, p. p. of componere. See {Compound}, v. t., and cf. {Compost}.] 1. Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a composite language. [1913 Webster]

Happiness, like air and water . . . is composite. --Landor. [1913 Webster]

2. (Arch.) Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the {Roman} or the {Italic} order, and is one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See {Capital}. [1913 Webster]

3. (Bot.) Belonging to the order {Composit[ae]}; bearing involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion. [1913 Webster]

{Composite carriage}, a railroad car having compartments of different classes. [Eng.]

{Composite number} (Math.), one which can be divided exactly by a number exceeding unity, as 6 by 2 or 3..

{Composite photograph} or {Composite portrait}, one made by a combination, or blending, of several distinct photographs. --F. Galton.

{Composite sailing} (Naut.), a combination of parallel and great circle sailing.

{Composite ship}, one with a wooden casing and iron frame. [1913 Webster]


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  • composite — [ kɔ̃pozit ] adj. et n. m. • 1360; lat. compositus 1 ♦ (1542) Qui participe de plusieurs styles d architecture. Ordre composite. Chapiteau composite. Spécialt Ordre composite, ou n. m. le composite : ordre romain, dans lequel le chapiteau réunit… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Composite — may refer to: Acting, Film, and Studio Composite card, a marketing tool for actors and especially models Composite character, a character in an adaptation of a work formed from two or more characters from the original work Digital compositing or… …   Wikipedia

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  • composite — COMPOSITE. adj. des 2 g. Terme d Architecture, qui se dit de l Un des cinq Ordres d Architecture, ainsi nommé, parce qu il est composé du Corinthien et de l Ionique. Ordre composite. Chapiteau composite. On appelle aussi Ordre composite, Tout… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • composite — Composite. adj. de tout genre. Terme d Architecture, qui se dit de l un des cinq ordres d Architecture ainsi nommé, parce qu il est composé du Corinthien & de l Ionique. Ordre composite. chapiteau composite. On appelle aussi, Ordre composite,… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • composite — I adjective accompanied, admixed, agglomerate, aggregate, aggregated, all embracing, alloyed, amalgamated, amassed, assembled, assorted, blended, clustered, collected, collective, combined, commixed, complex, compositus, compound, compounded,… …   Law dictionary

  • composite — com‧po‧site [ˈkɒmpəzt ǁ kɑːmˈpɑː ] adjective [only before a noun] made up of several different parts or things: • the Nasdaq composite index • Its shares finished at $58.375 a share, down 37.5 cents, in composite trading on the New York Stock… …   Financial and business terms

  • Composite — (englisch Verbund) ist: die englische Bezeichnung für Verbundwerkstoff der Fachbegriff für Kunststoff Füllungen an Zähnen, siehe Komposit (Zahnmedizin) ein Begriff aus der Videotechnik, siehe Composite Video ein Entwurfsmuster in der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • composite — (adj.) c.1400, from O.Fr. composite, from L. compositus placed together, pp. of componere to put together, to collect a whole from several parts, from com together (see COM (Cf. com )) + ponere to place (see POSITION (Cf. position)). The noun is… …   Etymology dictionary

  • composite — [adj] combined, mixed blended, complex, compound, conglomerate, melded, synthesized; concept 490 Ant. homogeneous, simple, unblended, uncombined, uniform, unmixed composite [n] combination, mixture amalgam, amalgamation, blend, combo, commixture …   New thesaurus

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