composite
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5.3
- adjective
- /kəmˈpɒzɪt/
- Five subsamples were collected from each area and combined to form one composite soil sample.
- composite material
- composite score
- composite index
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- How do we represent observables acting on the composite space of states?
- It was an interesting time because very few squadrons were composite squadrons.
- Taken together, they create a composite image even stronger and sharper than the individual pictures.
- The computer generated composite face, a post racial hybrid look like her she noticed as a sophomore in high school.
- It offered us a composite way of seeing from out there that there is a world and we are of it.
Examples
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Their findings indicate the importance of three composite scores: Intrapersonal, Adaptability, and Stress Management.
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The engineer designed a composite material that combines strength and lightness.
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- It's composite, like plastic.
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So last time the topic was composite optical elements.
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This is a composite sketch of our suspect.
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Ultimately, mobile fish processing plants could represent composite technology that includes an array of processing equipment.
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Taken together, they create a composite image even stronger and sharper than the individual pictures.
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Second, scores on the three tests were summed to create a composite score.
Academic text (2015) -
The car body also consists of honeycomb-composite materials that absorb the energy of collision forces.
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Rather than a self bow such as the Welsh Longbow, which is made from a single piece of wood, the composite bow was made from layers of wood, horn and sinew.
Synonyms
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3.8
Having different parts that work together as one
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1.9
Connected so they form one longer object
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3.7
Made of two or more parts
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5.2
Joined together so they act or work as one
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5.5
Closely joined so the parts are hard to separate
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7.0
Made of different parts joined into one whole
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4.4
Having separate parts that join together or work by themselves
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7.7
Joined by several people or groups to act as one
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.4
A strong, light substance made by joining two different materials
- Specialized
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6.3
A whole number greater than one that can be divided evenly by a number other than one and itself
- Specialized
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6.1
A plant like a daisy or sunflower that has many small flowers grouped to look like one
- Specialized
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9.9
An ancient Roman column style combining Ionic scrolls and Corinthian leaves
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4.2
A secondary school that accepts children of all abilities without exam selection
How Complex
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Composite comes from the Latin parts com- 'together' and ponere 'to put', the same root you see in compose and component. So a composite object is one that is 'put together' from different parts.