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.