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composite

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Adjective

  1. Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.
  2. Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles.
  3. Having factors other than itself and one; not prime and not one.
  4. Belonging to the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae), bearing involucrate heads of many small florets.
  5. Employing multiple exposures on a single plate, so as to create an average view of something, such as faces in physiognomy.

Noun

  1. A mixture of different components.
  2. A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
  3. A plant belonging to the family Asteraceae, syn. Compositae.
  4. A function of a function.
  5. Clipping of composite number.
  6. A drawing, photograph, etc. that combines several separate pictures or images.
  7. A railway carriage with compartments for two different classes of travel; see Composite Corridor.
  8. a framed photo board composed of many individual photos of fraternity or sorority members
  9. The separate pages of individual student photos that form the main section.
  10. A segment, subset.

Verb

  1. To make a composite.

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