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English

Etymology

From #French|composite, from compositus, past participle of componere ‘put together’.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈkɒmpəzɪt/
  • IPA: /kəmˈpɑːzɪt/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-composite.ogg


Adjective

  1. Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.
  2. Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles.
  3. Not prime; having factors.
  4. Being a member of the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae).


Translations

Noun

  1. A mixture of different components.
  2. A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
  3. A plant belonging to the family Compositae.
  4. A function of a function.


Translations

Verb

  1. To make a composite.
  2. : I composited an image using computer software.


Translations

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French

Noun

  1. composite material


Adjective

  1. #Adjective|composite


Category:Pronunciations wildly different across the pond

ar:composite fr:composite io:composite hu:composite ja:composite pl:composite ru:composite ta:composite te:composite vi:composite zh:composite

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Composite \Com*pos"ite\ (?; 277), n.
That which is made up of parts or compounded of several
elements; composition; combination; compound. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet composite
adj 1: consisting of separate interconnected parts
2: of or relating to or belonging to the plant family
Compositae
3: used of color
4: a modified Corinthian style of architecture (a combination
of Corinthian and Ionic)
n 1: a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts;
"the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads
created a new town" [syn: complex]
2: considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants,
characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that
resemble single flowers [syn: composite plant]
Moby Dictionary
admixture , alloy , amalgam , amalgamated , ambiguous , ambivalent ,
amphibious , blend , blended , certain , combination , combined , combo ,
commixture , complex , composition , compound , compounded , concoction ,
confection , conglomerate , dappled , eclectic , ensemble , equivocal ,
fifty-fifty , half-and-half , heterogeneous , immixture ,
indiscriminate , integral , integrant , integrated , intermixture ,
intricate , ironic , jumbled , magma , many-sided , medley , mingled ,
miscellaneous , mixed , mixture , more , more than one , motley ,
multifaceted , multinational , multiracial , not singular , numerous ,
paste , patchy , plural , pluralistic , plurative , promiscuous ,
rolled into one , scrambled , some , syncretic , thrown together ,
unified , unitary , united , varied , various


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