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Composite : adj
1: consisting of separate interconnected parts
2: of or relating to or belonging to the plant family
Compositae
3: used of color
4: a modified Corinthian style of architecture (a combination
of Corinthian and Ionic)
(noun)
1: a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts;
"the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads
created a new town" [syn: complex]
2: considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants,
characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that
resemble single flowers [syn: composite plant]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Composite : \Com*pos"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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Composite : \Com*pos"ite\ (?; 277), n.
That which is made up of parts or compounded of several
elements; composition; combination; compound. [R.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Composite :
aggregate
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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