composite

About 10.63 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.
2. adjective Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles.
3. adjective Having factors other than itself and one; not prime and not one.
4. adjective Belonging to the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae), bearing involucrate heads of many small florets.
5. adjective 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

6. noun A mixture of different components.
7. noun A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
8. noun A plant belonging to the family Asteraceae, syn. Compositae.

Similar words

complex impure corinthian composite plant compositional synthesis combined combination merge consolidation

Often followed by

of materials index and material picture is score structure

Word family

Composite composite function composited compositely composites compositing