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composite

adj
/ˈkɒmpəzɪt/UK/kəmˈpɑzɪt/US/ˈkɒmpəzɪt/CA/ˈkɔmpəzɪt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French composite, from Latin compositus, past participle of compōnō (“put together”). Doublet of compost, compote, and kompot.

  1. derived from compositus
  2. borrowed from composite

Definitions

  1. Made up of multiple components

    Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.

  2. Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles.

  3. Having factors other than itself and one

    Having factors other than itself and one; not prime and not one.

  4. ›+ 13 more definitions

    1. Belonging to the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae), bearing involucrate…

      Belonging to the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae), bearing involucrate heads of many small florets.

    2. Employing multiple exposures on a single plate, so as to create an average view of…

      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
      • [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.

    3. A mixture of different components.

    4. A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary…

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

    5. A plant belonging to the family Asteraceae, syn. Compositae.

    6. A function of a function.

    7. Clipping of composite number.

    8. A drawing, photograph, etc. that combines several separate pictures or images.

    9. A railway carriage with compartments for two different classes of travel

      A railway carriage with compartments for two different classes of travel; see Composite Corridor.

    10. A framed photo board composed of many individual photos of fraternity or sorority members.

    11. The separate pages of individual student photos that form the main section.

    12. A segment, subset.

      • […] likely give offense to conscience or moral feelings or shock the sense of decency or propriety in a substantial composite of the general public
      • Insurance as an industry is a major composite of the financial sector of any economy all over the world, Nigeria inclusive.

    13. To make a composite.

      • I composited an image using computer software.

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Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at composite. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at composite. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at composite

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA