composite

composite

English

Illustrations which present the Composite order (sense 2)

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/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /kəmˈpɑzɪt/

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• Rhymes: -ɒzɪt

Adjective

composite (comparative more composite, superlative most composite)

1. Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.
2. (architecture) Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles.
3. (mathematics) Having factors other than itself and one; not prime and not one.
4. (botany) Belonging to the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae), bearing involucrate heads of many small florets.
5. (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

• 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 sketch
• composite sync
• composite type
• composite video
• highly composite number
• superior highly composite number

 

Translations

made up of multiple components; compound or complex

Bulgarian: сло́жен (bg) (slóžen), съста́вен (bg) (sǎstáven), комбини́ран (bg) (kombiníran) Catalan: compost (ca) Danish: sammensat Estonian: liit- Finnish: yhdistelmä-, yhdistetty (fi), seka- (fi), komposiitti- Galician: composto m German: zusammengesetzt (de) Greek: Ancient: σύνθετος (súnthetos) Hebrew: מורכב‎ (he) (murkáv) Icelandic: margþættur Manx: covestagh Maori: hiato, matatini Norwegian: kompositt Bokmål: sammensatt (no) Persian: همساخته‎ (hamsâxta, hamsâxte) Portuguese: composto (pt) m Romanian: compus (ro) m or n, alcătuit (ro) m or n Russian: составно́й (ru) (sostavnój), сло́жный (ru) (slóžnyj), сме́шанный (ru) (sméšannyj), компози́тный (ru) (kompozítnyj) (material), комбини́рованный (ru) (kombinírovannyj) Spanish: compuesto (es)

being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles

Finnish: komposiitti-, roomalainen (fi) Russian: компози́тный (ru) (kompozítnyj), сме́шанный (ru) (sméšannyj)

not prime; having factors

Finnish: yhdistetty (fi) German: zusammengesetzt (de) Hebrew: פריק‎ (parík) Icelandic: samsettur m, þættanlegur m Romanian: multiplu (ro) m, compus (ro) m or n Russian: составно́й (ru) (sostavnój) Tagalog: pinaglakip

belonging to the Asteraceae family

Bulgarian: сложноцве́тен (složnocvéten) Finnish: mykerökukkainen Russian: сложноцве́тный (ru) (složnocvétnyj)

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French: (please verify) composé (fr), (please verify) combiné (fr)

Noun

composite (plural composites)

1. A mixture of different components.
2. A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
3. (botany) A plant belonging to the family Asteraceae, syn. Compositae.
4. (mathematics) A function of a function.
5. (mathematics) Clipping of composite number.
6. (chiefly law enforcement) A drawing, photograph, etc. that combines several separate pictures or images.
7. (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.

Derived terms

• DYC
• facial composite

Translations

mixture of different components

Bulgarian: комбинация (bg) f (kombinacija), смес (bg) f (smes) Catalan: compost (ca) m Finnish: yhdistelmä (fi), komposiitti (fi), sekoitus (fi) Manx: covestey m Romanian: amestec (ro) f, compoziție (ro) f, compus (ro) m Russian: комбина́ция (ru) f (kombinácija), смесь (ru) f (smesʹ) Spanish: compuesto (es) m

structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials

Bulgarian: композит m (kompozit) Finnish: komposiitti (fi), yhdistelmämateriaali Russian: компози́т (ru) m (kompozít)

plant belonging to the family Compositae

Finnish: mykerökukkainen

function of a function

Finnish: yhdistelmäfunktio

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French: (please verify) composite (fr) m

See also

• aggregate
• conglomerate

Verb

composite (third-person singular simple present composites, present participle compositing, simple past and past participle composited)

1. To make a composite.

   I composited an image using computer software.

Translations

to make a composite

Finnish: koostaa (fi), yhdistää (fi) French: composer (fr)

Related terms

Terms etymologically related to the adjective, noun, or verb "composite"

• compositry

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French

Etymology

From Middle French, borrowed from Latin compositus. Doublet of compote and compost.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.po.zit/

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Noun

composite m (plural composites)

1. composite material

Adjective

composite (plural composites)

1. composite

Descendants

• → Turkish: kompozit

Further reading

• “composite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Adjective

composite

1. feminine plural of composito

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /komˈpo.si.te/, [kɔmˈpɔs̠ɪt̪ɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /komˈpo.si.te/, [komˈpɔːs̬it̪e]

Adjective

composite

1. vocative masculine singular of compositus

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