Composite
['kɒmpəzɪt] or [kɑm'pɑzɪt]
Definition
(noun.) considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers.
(adj.) consisting of separate interconnected parts .
(adj.) of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae .
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Definition
(v. t.) Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a composite language.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) Belonging to the order Compositae; bearing involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion.
(n.) That which is made up of parts or compounded of several elements; composition; combination; compound.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Compounded.
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Examples
- The fleet before them was a fleet more composite and less united than their own. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You can read there that the composite judgment is always safer and wiser and stronger and more unselfish than the judgment of any one individual mind. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He had made a capital di scovery of far-reaching importance, namely, that racemic acid is composite, consisting of dextro-tartaric and l?vo-tartaric acids . Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- His army was just such another composite host as Darius had led into Thrace or Alexander defeated at Issus; it was a medley of levies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Whether they were the young, or merely portions of a composite creature, I did not know. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Although the statue is larger than any in the world of such composite construction, its success as a lighthouse is not as notable as many farther seaward. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He has put the whole of Mrs. Bry in his use of the composite order. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The composite animal in Book IX is an allegory of the parts of the soul. Plato. The Republic.
Editor: Tracy