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| English Dictionary: composition |
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| 3 results for composition |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- composition
- n
- the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of
parts in relation to each other and to the whole; "harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art"
Synonym(s): composition, composing
- the way in which someone or something is composed
Synonym(s): constitution, composition, physical composition, makeup, make-up
- a mixture of ingredients
- a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"
Synonym(s): musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music
- musical creation
Synonym(s): composing, composition
- the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"
Synonym(s): writing, authorship, composition, penning
- art and technique of printing with movable type
Synonym(s): typography, composition
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition"
Synonym(s): composition, paper, report, theme
- something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole; "he envied the composition of their faculty"
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Composition \Com`po*si"tion\, n. [F. composition, fr. L.
compositio. See {Composite}.]
1. The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or
integral, by placing together and uniting different
things, parts, or ingredients. In specific uses:
(a) The invention or combination of the parts of any
literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as,
the composition of a poem or a piece of music. [bd]The
constant habit of elaborate composition.[b8]
--Macaulay.
(b) (Fine Arts) The art or practice of so combining the
different parts of a work of art as to produce a
harmonious whole; also, a work of art considered as
such. See 4, below.
(c) The act of writing for practice in a language, as
English, Latin, German, etc.
(d) (Print.) The setting up of type and arranging it for
printing.
2. The state of being put together or composed; conjunction;
combination; adjustment.
View them in composition with other things. --I.
Watts.
The elementary composition of bodies. --Whewell.
3. A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances;
as, a chemical composition.
A composition that looks . . . like marble.
--Addison.
4. A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially
one showing study and care in arrangement; -- often used
of an elementary essay or translation done as an
educational exercise.
5. Consistency; accord; congruity. [Obs.]
There is no composition in these news That gives
them credit. --Shak.
6. Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement
of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or
conditions of settlement; agreement.
Thus we are agreed: I crave our composition may be
written. --Shak.
7. (Law) The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an
obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between
the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation
agreed upon in the adjustment.
Compositions for not taking the order of knighthood.
--Hallam.
Cleared by composition with their creditors.
--Blackstone.
8. Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
The investigation of difficult things by the method
of analysis ought ever to precede the method of
composition. --Sir I.
Newton.
{Composition cloth}, a kind of cloth covered with a
preparation making it waterproof.
{Composition deed}, an agreement for composition between a
debtor and several creditors.
{Composition plane} (Crystallog.), the plane by which the two
individuals of a twin crystal are united in their reserved
positions.
{Composition of forces} (Mech.), the finding of a single
force (called the resultant) which shall be equal in
effect to two or more given forces (called the components)
when acting in given directions. --Herbert.
{Composition metal}, an alloy resembling brass, which is
sometimes used instead of copper for sheathing vessels; --
also called {Muntz metal} and {yellow metal}.
{Composition of proportion} (Math.), an arrangement of four
proportionals so that the sum of the first and second is
to the second as the sum of the third and fourth to the
fourth.
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| From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: |
composition
1. {function composition}.
2. {typesetting}.
(2000-08-16)
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