Defn: 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.
3. (Bot.)
Defn: Belonging to the order Compositæ; bearing involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion. Composite carriage, a railroad car having compartments of different classes. [Eng.] — Composite number (Math.), one which can be divided exactly by a number exceeding unity, as 6 by 2 or 3.prime number. — 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.
COMPOSITE
Com*pos"ite, n.
Defn: That which is made up of parts or compounded of several elements; composition; combination; compound. [R.]
COMPOSITION
Com`po*si"tion, n. Etym: [F. composition, fr. L. compositio. See
Composite.]
1. The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients. In specific uses: (a) The invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as, the composition of a poem or a piece of music. "The constant habit of elaborate composition." Macaulay. (b) (Fine Arts) The art or practice of so combining the different parts of a work of art as to produce a harmonious whole; also, a work of art considered as such. See 4, below. (c) The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc. (d) (Print.) The setting up of type and arranging it for printing.
2. The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment. View them in composition with other things. I. Watts. The elementary composition of bodies. Whewell.
3. A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition. A omposition that looks . . . like marble. Addison.
4. A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially one showing study and care in arrangement; — often used of an elementary essay or translation done as an educational exercise.