composite
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French composite, from Latin compositus, past participle of compōnō (“put together”). Doublet of compost.
Pronunciation
- (Canada, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒmpəzɪt/
- (US) IPA(key): /kəmˈpɑzɪt/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒzɪt
Adjective
composite (comparative more composite, superlative most composite)
- Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.
- (architecture) Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles.
- (mathematics) Not prime; having factors.
- (botany) Belonging to the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae), bearing involucrate heads of many small florets.
- (photography, historical) Employing multiple exposures on a single plate, so as to create an average view of something, such as faces in physiognomy.
- composite portraiture; a composite photograph
Derived terms
- composite bow
- composite sketch
- composite sync
Translations
made up of multiple components; compound or complex
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being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles
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not prime; having factors
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belonging to the Asteraceae family
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Noun
composite (plural composites)
- A mixture of different components.
- A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
- (botany) A plant belonging to the family Asteraceae, syn. Compositae.
- (mathematics) A function of a function.
- (mathematics) Clipping of composite number.
- (chiefly law enforcement) A drawing, photograph, etc. that combines several separate pictures or images.
Derived terms
Translations
mixture of different components
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structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials
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plant belonging to the family Compositae
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function of a function
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See also
Verb
composite (third-person singular simple present composites, present participle compositing, simple past and past participle composited)
- To make a composite.
- I composited an image using computer software.
French
Etymology
From Middle French, borrowed from Latin compositus. Doublet of compote and compost.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.po.zit/
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “composite” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /komˈpo.si.te/, [kɔmˈpɔ.sɪ.tɛ]
References
- composite in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- composite in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- composite in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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