composite

IPA: kʌmpˈɑzʌt

noun

  • 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.
  • (chiefly law enforcement) A drawing, photograph, etc. that combines several separate pictures or images.
  • (rail transport, UK) A railway carriage with compartments for two different classes of travel; see Composite Corridor.
  • (fraternities) a framed photo board composed of many individual photos of fraternity or sorority members
  • (mathematics) Clipping of composite number. [(number theory) A (nonzero) natural number that is expressible as the product of two (or more) natural numbers other than itself and 1.]

verb

  • To make a composite.

adjective

  • 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.
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Examples of "composite" in Sentences

  • The picture of the district is composite.
  • Wednesday in composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • The word composite takes into account trading off the exchange.
  • The company's stock closed at $143.01 in composite trading Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • It is, Inspector, what we call a composite type of finger-print -- in this case a combination of what is called the
  • At Friday's 4 p.m. price of $17 in composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange, Mr. Burkle's stake is valued at $192 million.
  • For those of you who have never heard the term composite before, this means taking a photograph and adding and/or subtracting things from it.
  • Whatever that may be, we are all interested in finding out what the composite is to be after he has given his various deliverances over the radio.

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