Composite

English

Etymology

From Old French composite, from Latin compositus, past participle of componere ‘put together’.

Pronunciation

• (Canada, RP) IPA: /ˈkɒmpəzɪt/
• (US) IPA: /kəmˈpɑːzɪt/

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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) Not prime; having factors.
4. (botany) Being a member of the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae).

Derived terms

• composite bow
• composite sketch

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 Compositae.
4. (mathematics) A function of a function.
5. (chiefly law enforcement) A drawing, photograph, or the like, that combines several separate pictures or images.

Derived terms

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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.

Thesaurus

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

Translations

Adjective

made up of multiple components; compound or complex

Bulgarian: сложен (bg), съставен (bg), комбиниран (bg) Estonian: liit- (et) Finnish: yhdistelmä-, yhdistetty, seka-, komposiitti- Hebrew: מורכב (he) (murkáv)

Manx: covestagh (gv) Norwegian: sammensatt (no), kompositt (no) Romanian: compus (ro) m. and n., alcătuit (ro) m. and n.

being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles

Finnish: komposiitti-, roomalainen

not prime; having factors

Finnish: jaollinen (fi) German: zusammengesetzt (de) Hebrew: פריק (he) (parík)

Icelandic: samsettur (is) m., þættanlegur (is) m. Romanian: multiplu (ro) m., compus (ro) m. and n.

belonging to the Asteraceae family

Bulgarian: сложноцветен (bg)

Finnish: mykerökukkainen (fi)

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French: composé, combiné

Noun

mixture of different components

Bulgarian: комбинация (bg) f., смес (bg) f. Finnish: yhdistelmä (fi), komposiitti (fi), sekoitus (fi)

Romanian: amestec (ro) f., compoziție (ro) f., compus (ro) m.

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

Bulgarian: композит (bg) m.

Finnish: komposiitti (fi), yhdistelmämateriaali (fi)

plant belonging to the family Compositae

Finnish: mykerökukkainen (fi)

function of a function

Finnish: yhdistelmäfunktio (fi)

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French: composite m.

Verb

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

Noun

Composite m. (plural Composites)

1. composite material

Adjective

Composite (epicene, plural Composites)

1. composite

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Italian

Adjective

composite f.

1. Feminine plural form of composito

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Latin

Adjective

composite

1. vocative masculine singular of compositus