About The Word Composite
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Composite
Composite Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Composite?
[n] a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts
[n] considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers [adj] a modified Corinthian style of architecture (a combination of Corinthian and Ionic) [adj] used of color [adj] consisting of separate interconnected parts [adj] (botany) of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae Synonyms | Synonyms for Composite: complex | complex | composite plant | corinthian | impure Related Terms | Find terms related to Composite: 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 See Also | Anthemis arvensis | Anthemis cotula | Anthemis tinctoria | aster family | Asteraceae | Chrysanthemum lacustre | Chrysanthemum maximum | Chrysanthemum maximum maximum | Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum | compass flower | compass plant | Compositae | corn chamomile | corn mayweed | crown beard | crownbeard | dog fennel | dusty miller | dyers' chamomile | everlasting | everlasting flower | family Asteraceae | family Compositae | field chamomile | flower | golden buttons | golden marguerite | hybrid | Leucanthemum lacustre | Leucanthemum maximum | Leucanthemum superbum | mayweed | oxeye daisy | Pyrenees daisy | scented fern | shasta daisy | silverlace | silver-lace | stinking chamomile | stinking mayweed | syndrome | Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum | Tanacetum vulgare | tansy | whole | yellow chamomile Composite In Webster's Dictionary \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.
Happiness, like air and water . . . is composite.
--Landor.
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}.
3. (Bot.) Belonging to the order {Composit[ae]}; bearing
involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy,
thistle, and dandelion.
{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.
\Com*pos"ite\ (?; 277), n. That which is made up of parts or compounded of several elements; composition; combination; compound. [R.] |
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