composite
noun
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A mixture of different components.
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A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
- 3
A plant belonging to the family Asteraceae, syn. Compositae.
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A function of a function.
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(chiefly law enforcement) A drawing, photograph, etc. that combines several separate pictures or images.
verb
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To make a composite.
“I composited an image using computer software.”
adjective
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Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.
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Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles.
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Having factors other than itself and one; not prime and not one.
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Belonging to the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae), bearing involucrate heads of many small florets.
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Employing multiple exposures on a single plate, so as to create an average view of something, such as faces in physiognomy.
“composite portraiture; a composite photograph”
noun
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A (nonzero) natural number that is expressible as the product of two (or more) natural numbers other than itself and 1.
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