Composite

Composite

Composite may refer to:

Acting, Film, and Studio
  • 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
  • Digital compositing or optical film compositing, a common 2-D visual effects technique
Mathematics
Nature
  • 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
Materials
  • 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 armor, a type of armor used on many Tanks
Science and Technology
  • Composite particle, a particle which is made up of smaller particles
  • Composite pattern, a software design pattern used for computer programming
  • Composite video, an analogue video signal format
Other

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  • composite — [ kɔ̃pozit ] adj. et n. m. • 1360; lat. compositus 1 ♦ (1542) Qui participe de plusieurs styles d architecture. Ordre composite. Chapiteau composite. Spécialt Ordre composite, ou n. m. le composite : ordre romain, dans lequel le chapiteau réunit… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Composite C1 — Stable release 2.1 / March 11, 2011; 7 months ago ( …   Wikipedia

  • 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. [1913 Webster] Happiness, like air and water …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • composite — COMPOSITE. adj. des 2 g. Terme d Architecture, qui se dit de l Un des cinq Ordres d Architecture, ainsi nommé, parce qu il est composé du Corinthien et de l Ionique. Ordre composite. Chapiteau composite. On appelle aussi Ordre composite, Tout… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • composite — Composite. adj. de tout genre. Terme d Architecture, qui se dit de l un des cinq ordres d Architecture ainsi nommé, parce qu il est composé du Corinthien & de l Ionique. Ordre composite. chapiteau composite. On appelle aussi, Ordre composite,… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • composite — I adjective accompanied, admixed, agglomerate, aggregate, aggregated, all embracing, alloyed, amalgamated, amassed, assembled, assorted, blended, clustered, collected, collective, combined, commixed, complex, compositus, compound, compounded,… …   Law dictionary

  • composite — com‧po‧site [ˈkɒmpəzt ǁ kɑːmˈpɑː ] adjective [only before a noun] made up of several different parts or things: • the Nasdaq composite index • Its shares finished at $58.375 a share, down 37.5 cents, in composite trading on the New York Stock… …   Financial and business terms

  • Composite — (englisch Verbund) ist: die englische Bezeichnung für Verbundwerkstoff der Fachbegriff für Kunststoff Füllungen an Zähnen, siehe Komposit (Zahnmedizin) ein Begriff aus der Videotechnik, siehe Composite Video ein Entwurfsmuster in der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • composite — (adj.) c.1400, from O.Fr. composite, from L. compositus placed together, pp. of componere to put together, to collect a whole from several parts, from com together (see COM (Cf. com )) + ponere to place (see POSITION (Cf. position)). The noun is… …   Etymology dictionary

  • composite — [adj] combined, mixed blended, complex, compound, conglomerate, melded, synthesized; concept 490 Ant. homogeneous, simple, unblended, uncombined, uniform, unmixed composite [n] combination, mixture amalgam, amalgamation, blend, combo, commixture …   New thesaurus

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