Hypertext Webster Gateway: "composite"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
..
{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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Composite \Com*pos"ite\ (?; 277), n.
That which is made up of parts or compounded of several
elements; composition; combination; compound. [R.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
composite
adj 1: consisting of separate interconnected parts
2: (botany) 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)
n 1: a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts
[syn: {complex}]
2: considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants,
characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that
resemble single flowers [syn: {composite plant}]
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