different between admixture vs composite

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?m?kst??(?)/, /æd?m?kst??(?)/

Noun

admixture (countable and uncountable, plural admixtures)

1. An instance of admixing, a mixing in of something.

   The admixture of vanilla extract in the dough improved the pastries' flavor.

   1. A mixing-in of a biologically or genetically differentiated group to an established stock.
2. A mixture, in some contexts
   1. (epilepsy) a mixture composed of entities retaining their individual properties.

      Background EEG demonstrates an admixture of theta and delta waves.

Related terms

• admix

Translations

Latin

Participle

admixt?re

1. vocative masculine singular of admixt?rus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French composite, from Latin compositus, past participle of comp?n? (“put together”). Doublet of compost.

Pronunciation

• (Canada, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?mp?z?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k?m?p?z?t/
• Rhymes: -?z?t

Adjective

composite (comparative more composite, superlative most composite)

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

Derived terms

• composite bow
• composite sketch
• composite sync

Translations

Noun

composite (plural composites)

1. A mixture of different components.
2. A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
3. (botany) A plant belonging to the family Asteraceae, syn. Compositae.
4. (mathematics) A function of a function.
5. (mathematics) Clipping of composite number.
6. (chiefly law enforcement) A drawing, photograph, etc. that combines several separate pictures or images.
7. (rail transport, Britain) A railway carriage with compartments for two different classes of travel; see Composite Corridor.

Derived terms

• DYC

Translations

See also

• aggregate
• conglomerate

Verb

composite (third-person singular simple present composites, present participle compositing, simple past and past participle composited)

1. To make a composite.

   I composited an image using computer software.

Translations

Related terms

French

Etymology

From Middle French, borrowed from Latin compositus. Doublet of compote and compost.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.po.zit/

Noun

composite m (plural composites)

1. composite material

Adjective

composite (plural composites)

1. composite

Further reading

• “composite” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Adjective

composite

1. feminine plural of composito

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kom?po.si.te/, [k?m?p?s??t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kom?po.si.te/, [k?m?p??s?it??]

Adjective

composite

1. vocative masculine singular of compositus

References

• composite in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• composite in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• composite in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette