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composite

[kuhm-poz-it]

adjective

  1. made up of disparate or separate parts or elements; compound.

    a composite drawing; a composite philosophy.

  2. Botany.Ìýbelonging to the Compositae.

  3. (initial capital letter)Ìýnoting or pertaining to one of the five classical orders, popular especially since the beginning of the Renaissance but invented by the ancient Romans, in which the Roman Ionic and Corinthian orders are combined, so that four diagonally set Ionic volutes, variously ornamented, rest upon a bell of Corinthian acanthus leaves.

  4. Rocketry.Ìý

    1. (of a rocket or missile) having more than one stage.

    2. (of a solid propellant) made up of a mixture of fuel and oxidizer.

  5. Nautical.Ìýnoting a vessel having frames of one material and shells and decking of another, especially one having iron or steel frames with shells and decks planked.

  6. Mathematics.Ìýof or relating to a composite function or a composite number.



noun

  1. something composite; a compound.

  2. Botany.Ìýa composite plant.

  3. a picture, photograph, or the like, that combines several separate pictures.

verb (used with object)

composited, compositing 
  1. to make a composite of.

composite

/ ˈ°ìÉ’³¾±èÉ™³úɪ³Ù /

adjective

  1. composed of separate parts; compound

  2. of, relating to, or belonging to the plant family Asteraceae

  3. maths capable of being factorized or decomposed

    a composite function

  4. (sometimes capital) denoting or relating to one of the five classical orders of architecture: characterized by a combination of the Ionic and Corinthian styles See also Doric Tuscan

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. something composed of separate parts; compound

  2. any plant of the family Asteraceae (formerly Compositae ), typically having flower heads composed of ray flowers (e.g. dandelion), disc flowers (e.g. thistle), or both (e.g. daisy)

  3. a material, such as reinforced concrete, made of two or more distinct materials

  4. a proposal that has been composited

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (tr) to merge related motions from local branches of (a political party, trade union, etc) so as to produce a manageable number of proposals for discussion at national level

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • compositely adverb
  • compositeness noun
  • hypercomposite adjective
  • noncomposite adjective
  • noncompositely adverb
  • noncompositeness noun
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  • ˈ³¦´Ç³¾±è´Ç²õ¾±³Ù±ð²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of composite1

1350–1400; Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin compositus (past participle of ³¦´Ç³¾±èŲԱð°ù±ð to put together), equivalent to com- com- + positus placed; posit
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of composite1

C16: from Latin compositus well arranged, from ³¦´Ç³¾±èŲԱð°ù±ð to collect, arrange; see component
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The composite impact of this trend on emerging artists is unmissable today in Punjab.

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At its Gardena factory, L.A.-based Azure creates modules with a composite mixture of fiberglass and recycled plastic bottles, a method that founder Gene Eidelman said was more sustainable and less expensive than concrete.

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Times journalists mixed these five samples in a lined bucket to create one “composite†sample to be tested in the lab.

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Worries about a trade war and a slowdown in the global economy Tuesday led to the Standard & Poor’s 500 index falling 1.2%, the Dow Jones industrial average sliding 1.6% and the Nasdaq composite slipping 0.4%.

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The king stares intently into an eternal distance through composite orbs fashioned from alabaster and glass, rendered in varying degrees of clarity, transparency and opacity.

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