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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Composite \Com*pos"ite\ (?; 277), a. [L. compositus made up of parts p. p. of componere See {Compound}, v. t., and cf {Compost}.] 1. Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as a composite language. Happiness, like air and water . . . is composite. --Landor. 2. (Arch.) Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the {Roman} or the {Italic} order and is one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See {Capital}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: . {Composite} {photograph or portrait}, one made by a combination, or blending, of several distinct photographs. --F. Galton. {Composite sailing} (Naut.), a combination of parallel and great circle sailing. {Composite ship}, one with a wooden casing and iron frame. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Composite \Com*pos"ite\ (?; 277), n. That which is made up of parts or compounded of several elements; composition; combination; compound. [R.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: composite adj 1: consisting of separate interconnected parts 2: (botany) of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae 3: used of color 4: a modified Corinthian style of architecture (a combination of Corinthian and Ionic) n 1: a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts [syn: {complex}] 2: considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers [syn: {composite plant}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: composite {aggregate}
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