Dictionary Definition
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]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.
- Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles.
- Not prime; having factors.
- Being a member of the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae).
Translations
made up of multiple components; compound or
complex
- Finnish: yhdistelmä-, yhdistetty, seka-, komposiitti-
being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles
- Finnish: komposiitti-, roomalainen
not prime; having factors
- Finnish: yhdistetty
belonging to the Asteraceae family
- Finnish: mykerökukkainen
Noun
- A mixture of different components.
- A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
- A plant belonging to the family Compositae.
- A function of a function.
Translations
mixture of different components
- Finnish: yhdistelmä, komposiitti, sekoitus
structural material that gains its strength from
a combination of complementary materials
- Finnish: komposiitti, yhdistelmämateriaali
plant belonging to the family Compositae
- Finnish: mykerökukkainen
function of a function
- Finnish: yhdistelmäfunktio
Noun
fr-noun mAdjective
Extensive Definition
Composite may refer to:
- Composite card - a marketing tool for actors and especially models.
- Composite character - a character in an adaptation of a work formed from two or more characters from the original work.
- Composite video - a video signal which combines all the elements of the picture.
- Digital compositing or optical film compositing - a common 2-D visual effects technique.
- Composite number - an integer greater than one that is not a prime number!
- A function composition - a composite of two math functions.
- The family Compositae or "composite family" - the largest family of flowering plants; now called Asteraceae.
- Composite volcano - a tall, conical volcano composed of many layers of hardened lava, tephra, and volcanic ash.
- Composite material - a material that is made from several different substances.
- Dental composite - a substance used to fill cavities in teeth.
- Alloy - a composite of a metal and another element.
- Metal matrix composite - a composite material with at least two constituent parts, one being a metal.
- Cermet - a composite material composed of ceramic (cer) and metallic (met) materials.
- Mixture - a composite made by combining two or more different materials with no chemical reaction occurring.
- Composite particle - a particle which is made up of smaller particles.
- Composite pattern - a software design pattern used for computer programming.
- Composite video - a format of analog video signal.
- Composite order - in architecture, a type of capital on a column.
- Compositing (democracy), the process of combining several motions into a composite motion.
- Facial composite - an estimated likeness of a face made from an eyewitnesses description.
composite in French: Composite
composite in Japanese: コンポジット
composite in Dutch: Composiet
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
admixture, alloy, amalgam, amalgamated, ambiguous, ambivalent, amphibious, blend, blended, certain, combination, combined, combo, commixture, complex, composition, compound, compounded, concoction, confection, conglomerate, dappled, eclectic, ensemble, equivocal, fifty-fifty,
half-and-half, heterogeneous, immixture, indiscriminate, integral, integrant, integrated, intermixture, intricate, ironic, jumbled, magma, many-sided, medley, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed, mixture, more, more than one, motley, multifaceted, multinational, multiracial, not singular,
numerous, paste, patchy, plural, pluralistic, plurative, promiscuous, rolled into
one, scrambled,
some, syncretic, thrown together,
unified, unitary, united, varied, various