COMPOSITE

composite

(adjective) consisting of separate interconnected parts

composite

(adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae

complex, composite

(noun) a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts; “the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town”

composite, composite plant

(noun) considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

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) 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.

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.

Verb

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

To make a composite.

Source: Wiktionary

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Com*pos"ite, a. Etym: [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.)

Definition: 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.)

Definition: Belonging to the order Compositæ; 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.prime number.

– Composite photograph or 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.

Com*pos"ite, n.

Definition: That which is made up of parts or compounded of several elements; composition; combination; compound. [R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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