writing, authorship, composition, penning
(noun) the act of creating written works; “writing was a form of therapy for him”; “it was a matter of disputed authorship”
composing, composition
(noun) musical creation
composition
(noun) something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole; “he envied the composition of their faculty”
constitution, composition, physical composition, makeup, make-up
(noun) the way in which someone or something is composed
composition, composing
(noun) the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole; “harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art”
composition, paper, report, theme
(noun) an essay (especially one written as an assignment); “he got an A on his composition”
typography, composition
(noun) art and technique of printing with movable type
composition
(noun) a mixture of ingredients
Source: WordNet® 3.1
composition (countable and uncountable, plural compositions)
The act of putting together; assembly.
A mixture or compound; the result of composing. [from 16th c.]
The proportion of different parts to make a whole. [from 14th c.]
The general makeup of a thing or person. [from 14th c.]
(obsolete) An agreement or treaty used to settle differences; later especially, an agreement to stop hostilities; a truce. [14th-19th c.]
(obsolete) A payment of money in order to clear a liability or obligation; a settling or fine. [16th-19th c.]
(legal) an agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor.
An essay. [from 16th c.]
(linguistics) The formation of compound words from separate words. [from 16th c.]
A work of music, literature or art. [from 17th c.]
(printing) Typesetting. [from 19th c.]
(mathematics) Applying a function to the result of another.
(physics) The compounding of two velocities or forces into a single equivalent velocity or force.
(obsolete) Consistency; accord; congruity.
Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
(painting, photography) The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.
(object-oriented programming) Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones.
• (general makeup of a thing or person): configuration, constitution; see also composition
• (mixture or compound): blend, melange; see also mixture
• (work of music, literature or art): See also musical composition
• monisotopic
Source: Wiktionary
Com`po*si"tion, n. Etym: [F. composition, fr. L. compositio. See Composite.]
1. The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients. In specific uses: (a) The invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as, the composition of a poem or a piece of music. "The constant habit of elaborate composition." Macaulay. (b) (Fine Arts) The art or practice of so combining the different parts of a work of art as to produce a harmonious whole; also, a work of art considered as such. See 4, below. (c) The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc. (d) (Print.) The setting up of type and arranging it for printing.
2. The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment. View them in composition with other things. I. Watts. The elementary composition of bodies. Whewell.
3. A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition. A omposition that looks . . . like marble. Addison.
4. A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially one showing study and care in arrangement; -- often used of an elementary essay or translation done as an educational exercise.
5. Consistency; accord; congruity. [Obs.] There is no composition in these news That gives them credit. Shak.
6. Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement. Thus we are agreed: I crave our composition may be written. Shak.
7. (Law)
Definition: The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment. Compositions for not taking the order of knighthood. Hallam. Cleared by composition with their creditors. Blackstone.
8. Synthesis as opposed to analysis. The investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of composition. Sir I. Newton. Composition cloth, a kind of clotch covered with a preparation making it waterproof.
– Composition deed, an agreement for composition between a debtor and several creditors.
– Composition plane (Crystallog.), the plane by which the two individuals of a twin crystal are united in their reserved positions.
– Composition of forces (Mech.), the finding of a single force (called the resultant) which shall be equal in effect to two or more given forces (called the components) when acting in given directions. Herbert.
– Composition metal, an alloy resembling brass, which is sometimes used instead of copper for sheathing vessels; -- also called Muntz metal and yellow metal.
– Composition of proportion (Math.), an arrangement of four proportionals so that the sum of the arrangement of four proportionals so that the sum of the third and fourth to the fourth.COMPOSITIVE Com*pos"i*tive, a. Etym: [L. compositivus.]
Definition: Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 November 2024
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
