# composite
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French composite, from Latin compositus, past participle of compōnō (“put together”). Doublet of compost, compote, and kompot.

### Pronunciation

* (Canada, Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkɒmpəzɪt/
** Audio (Canada):(file)
* (US) IPA: /kəmˈpɑzɪt/
** Audio (US):(file)
** Audio (New Jersey):(file)
* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈkɔmpəzɪt/
* Rhymes: -ɒzɪt

### Adjective

composite (comparative more composite, superlative most composite)
* Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.
* (architecture) Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles.
* (mathematics) Having factors other than itself and one; not prime and not one.
* (botany) Belonging to the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae), bearing involucrate heads of many small florets.
* (photography, historical) 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
** 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., page 92:[B]y photographing a number of faces on the same plate, and so superimposing their images on one another, he produces a so-called "composite" photograph or image.

#### Derived terms

* composite board insulation
* composite bow
* composite built
* composite candle
* composite carriage
* composite demand
* composite flower
* composite function
* composite key
* composite laminate
* compositely
* composite monarchy
* compositeness
* composite particle
* composite pattern
* composite pose
* composite reuse principle
* composite sentence
* composite sketch
* composite sync
* composite type
* composite video
* compositous
* highly composite number
* multicomposite
* noncomposite
* superior highly composite number

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### Noun

composite (plural composites)
* A mixture of different components.
* A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
* (botany) A plant belonging to the family Asteraceae, syn. Compositae.
* (mathematics) A function of a function.
* (mathematics) Clipping of composite number.
* (chiefly law enforcement) A drawing, photograph, etc. that combines several separate pictures or images.
* (rail transport, UK) A railway carriage with compartments for two different classes of travel; see Composite Corridor.
** 1963 April, “New Inter-City diesel multiple-units for W.R.”, in Modern Railways, page 266:The units are made up as either: [...] Trailer composite—4 first-class compartments—24 seats; and 3 second-class compartments—24 seats, [...] A total of 40 vehicles are to be built, Ten of each type of power car, ten trailer composites, five trailer seconds and five trailer second/buffets.
* (fraternities) a framed photo board composed of many individual photos of fraternity or sorority members
* (school yearbook) The separate pages of individual student photos that form the main section.
* (uncommon) A segment, subset.
** 1991 December 1, Jacob Smith Yang, quoting U.S. Trademark Office, “Old Glory Condoms Denied Patent”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 20, page 2:[…] likely give offense to conscience or moral feelings or shock the sense of decency or propriety in a substantial composite of the general public
** 2019, J. M. Odachi, S. E. Okon, “Organisational Culture and Perception of Service Quality among Employees in the Insurance Industry in Nigeria”, in UNILAG Journal of Humanities, volume 7, number 2, page 160:Insurance as an industry is a major composite of the financial sector of any economy all over the world, Nigeria inclusive.

#### Derived terms

* azocomposite
* bicomposite
* biocomposite
* coboson
* compomer
* decomposite
* DYC
* facial composite
* geocomposite
* metallocomposite
* microcomposite
* nanocomposite
* piezocomposite
* supercomposite

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#### See also

* aggregate
* conglomerate

### Verb

composite (third-person singular simple present composites, present participle compositing, simple past and past participle composited)
* To make a composite.
    I composited an image using computer software.

#### Derived terms

* compositable
* decomposited
* noncomposited
* recomposite

#### Translations
### Related terms

* compositry

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French, borrowed from Latin compositus. Doublet of compote and compost.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔ̃.po.zit/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

composite m (plural composites)
* composite material

### Adjective

composite (plural composites)
* composite

#### Descendants

* → Turkish: kompozit

### Further reading

* “composite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Adjective

composite
* feminine plural of composito

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /komˈpo.si.te/, [kɔmˈpɔs̠ɪt̪ɛ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /komˈpo.si.te/, [komˈpɔːs̬it̪e]

### Adjective

composite
* vocative masculine singular of compositus

### References

* “composite”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “composite”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* composite in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.