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composite
CIDE DICTIONARY
composite, a. [L. compositus made up of parts, p. p. of componere. See Compound, v. t. , and cf. Compost.].
- Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a composite language. [1913 Webster]"Happiness, like air and water . . . is composite." [1913 Webster]
- Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the
Roman or theItalic order, and is one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See Capital. [1913 Webster] - Belonging to the order
Compositæ ; bearing involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion. [1913 Webster]
composite, n.
That which is made up of parts or compounded of several elements; composition; combination; compound. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
composite, adj., n., & v.
--adj.
1 made up of various parts; blended.
2 (esp. of a synthetic building material) made up of recognizable constituents.
3 Archit. of the fifth classical order of architecture, consisting of elements of the Ionic and Corinthian orders.
4 Bot. of the plant family Compositae.
--n.
1 a thing made up of several parts or elements.
2 a synthetic building material.
3 Bot. any plant of the family Compositae, having a head of many small flowers forming one bloom, e.g. the daisy or the dandelion.
4 Polit. a resolution composed of two or more related resolutions.
--v.tr. Polit. amalgamate (two or more similar resolutions).
--adj.
1 made up of various parts; blended.
2 (esp. of a synthetic building material) made up of recognizable constituents.
3 Archit. of the fifth classical order of architecture, consisting of elements of the Ionic and Corinthian orders.
4 Bot. of the plant family Compositae.
--n.
1 a thing made up of several parts or elements.
2 a synthetic building material.
3 Bot. any plant of the family Compositae, having a head of many small flowers forming one bloom, e.g. the daisy or the dandelion.
4 Polit. a resolution composed of two or more related resolutions.
--v.tr. Polit. amalgamate (two or more similar resolutions).
Derivative
compositely adv. compositeness n.
Etymology
F f. L compositus past part. of componere (as COM-, ponere posit- put)
THESAURUS
composite
admixture, alloy, amalgam, amalgamated, ambiguous, ambivalent, amphibious, blend, blended, certain, combination, combined, combo, commixture, complex, composition, compound, compounded, concoction, confection, conglomerate, dappled, eclectic, ensemble, equivocal, fifty-fifty, half-and-half, heterogeneous, immixture, indiscriminate, integral, integrant, integrated, intermixture, intricate, ironic, jumbled, magma, many-sided, medley, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed, mixture, more, more than one, motley, multifaceted, multinational, multiracial, not singular, numerous, paste, patchy, plural, pluralistic, plurative, promiscuous, rolled into one, scrambled, some, syncretic, thrown together, unified, unitary, united, varied, variousROGET THESAURUS
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Mixture
N mixture, admixture, commixture, commixtion, commixion, intermixture, alloyage, matrimony, junction, combination, miscegenation, impregnation, infusion, diffusion suffusion, transfusion, infiltration, seasoning, sprinkling, interlarding, interpolation, adulteration, sophistication, tinge, tincture, touch, dash, smack, sprinkling, spice, seasoning, infusion, soupcon, alloy, amalgam, brass, chowchow, pewter, magma, half-and-half, melange, tertium quid, miscellany, ambigu, medley, mess, hotchpot, pasticcio, patchwork, odds and ends, all sorts, jumble, salad, sauce, mash, omnium gatherum, gallimaufry, olla-podrida, olio, salmagundi, potpourri, Noah's ark, caldron texture, mingled yarn, mosaic, half-blood, half-caste, mulatto, terceron, quarteron, quinteron, quadroon, octoroon, griffo, zambo, cafuzo, Eurasian, fustee, fustie, griffe, ladino, marabou, mestee, mestizo, quintroon, sacatra zebrule, catalo, cross, hybrid, mongrel, mixed, implex, composite, half-and-half, linsey-woolsey, chowchow, hybrid, mongrel, heterogeneous, motley, miscellaneous, promiscuous, indiscriminate, miscible, among, amongst, amid, amidst, with, in the midst of, in the crowd.For further exploring for "composite" in Webster Dictionary Online
