composite
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle French composite, from Latin compositus, past participle of compōnō (“put together”). Doublet of compost.
Pronunciation edit
- (Canada, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒmpəzɪt/
Audio (CA) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /kəmˈpɑzɪt/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkɔmpəzɪt/
- Rhymes: -ɒzɪt
Adjective edit
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) Having factors other than itself and one; not prime and not one.
- (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
- 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., page 92:
- [B]y photographing a number of faces on the same plate, and so superimposing their images on one another, he produces a so-called "composite" photograph or image.
Derived terms edit
- composite board insulation
- composite bow
- composite built
- composite candle
- composite carriage
- composite demand
- composite flower
- composite function
- composite key
- composite laminate
- composite monarchy
- composite particle
- composite pattern
- composite reuse principle
- composite sentence
- composite sketch
- composite sync
- composite type
- composite video
- highly composite number
- noncomposite
- superior highly composite number
Translations edit
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 edit
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.
- (rail transport, UK) A railway carriage with compartments for two different classes of travel; see Composite Corridor.
- 1963 April, “New Inter-City diesel multiple-units for W.R.”, in Modern Railways, page 266:
- The units are made up as either:
[...]
Trailer composite—4 first-class compartments—24 seats; and 3 second-class compartments—24 seats,
[...]
A total of 40 vehicles are to be built, Ten of each type of power car, ten trailer composites, five trailer seconds and five trailer second/buffets.
- (fraternities) a framed photo board composed of many individual photos of fraternity or sorority members
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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 edit
Verb edit
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.
Translations edit
Related terms edit
Terms etymologically related to the adjective, noun, or verb "composite"
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French, borrowed from Latin compositus. Doublet of compote and compost.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
composite m (plural composites)
Adjective edit
composite (plural composites)
Descendants edit
- → Turkish: kompozit
Further reading edit
- “composite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Adjective edit
composite
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /komˈpo.si.te/, [kɔmˈpɔs̠ɪt̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /komˈpo.si.te/, [komˈpɔːs̬it̪e]
Adjective edit
composite
References edit
- “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.