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English Dictionary: composite	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for composite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
composite adj consisting of separate interconnected parts of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae n a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts; "the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town" Synonym(s): complex, composite considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers Synonym(s): composite, composite plant
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Composite \Compos"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 The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
composite {aggregate}