different between composition vs amalgamation
composition
English
Etymology
From Middle English composicioun, from Old French composicion, from Latin compositi?, compositi?nem.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?mp??z???n/
Noun
composition (countable and uncountable, plural compositions)
- The act of putting together; assembly.
- A mixture or compound; the result of composing. [from 16th c.]
- The proportion of different parts to make a whole. [from 14th c.]
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Exodus 30:37,[1]
- And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Exodus 30:37,[1]
- The general makeup of a thing or person. [from 14th c.]
- c. 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act II, Scene 1,[2]
- John of Gaunt. O how that name befits my composition!
- Old Gaunt indeed, and gaunt in being old:
- Within me grief hath kept a tedious fast;
- And who abstains from meat that is not gaunt?
- 1932, Frank Richards, The Magnet - Bunter's Night Out
- It seemed that the milk of human kindness had not been left out of his composition.
- c. 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act II, Scene 1,[2]
- (obsolete) An agreement or treaty used to settle differences; later especially, an agreement to stop hostilities; a truce. [14th-19th c.]
- 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, Act 1, Scene 2, Lines 1-3
- If the Duke, with the other dukes, come not to composition with the king of Hungary, why then all the dukes fall upon the king.
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act I, Scene 2,[3]
- That now
- Sweno, the Norways’ king, craves composition:
- Nor would we deign him burial of his men
- Till he disbursed at Saint Colme’s inch
- Ten thousand dollars to our general use.
- 1630, John Smith, True travels, in Kupperman 1988, p.50:
- with an incredible courage they advanced to the push of the Pike with the defendants, that with the like courage repulsed […], that the Turks retired and fled into the Castle, from whence by a flag of truce they desired composition.
- 1754, David Hume, The History of England, London: T. Cadell, 1773, Volume I, p. 8,[4]
- […] the Britons, by rendering the war thus bloody, seemed determined to cut off all hopes of peace or composition with the enemy.
- 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, Act 1, Scene 2, Lines 1-3
- (obsolete) A payment of money in order to clear a liability or obligation; a settling or fine. [16th-19th c.]
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well, Act IV, Scene 3,[5]
- He hath perverted a young gentlewoman here in Florence, of a most chaste renown; and this night he fleshes his will in the spoil of her honour: he hath given her his monumental ring, and thinks himself made in the unchaste composition.
- 1688, Parliament of England, Toleration Act 1688, section 3:
- That all and every person and persons already convicted or prosecuted in order to conviction of recusancy […] shall be thenceforth exempted and discharged from all the penalties, seizures, forfeitures, judgments, and executions, incurred by force of any of the aforesaid Statutes, without any composition, fee, or further charge whatsoever.
- 1745, Edward Young, Night-Thoughts, II:
- Insidious death! should his strong hand arrest, / No composition sets the prisoner free.
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well, Act IV, Scene 3,[5]
- (law) an agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor.
- An essay. [from 16th c.]
- (linguistics) The formation of compound words from separate words. [from 16th c.]
- A work of music, literature or art. [from 17th c.]
- 1818, Jane Austen, A letter dated 8 September 1818:
- […] and how good Mrs. West could have written such books and collected so many hard words, with all her family cares, is still more a matter of astonishment. Composition seems to me impossible with a head full of joints of mutton and doses of rhubarb.
- 1818, Jane Austen, A letter dated 8 September 1818:
- (printing) Typesetting. [from 19th c.]
- (mathematics) Applying a function to the result of another.
- (physics) The compounding of two velocities or forces into a single equivalent velocity or force.
- (obsolete) Consistency; accord; congruity.
- c. 1604, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act I, Scene 3,[6]
- There is no composition in these news
- That gives them credit.
- c. 1604, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act I, Scene 3,[6]
- Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
- The investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of composition.
- (painting, photography) The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.
- (object-oriented programming) Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones.
Synonyms
- (general makeup of a thing or person): configuration, constitution; see also Thesaurus:composition
- (mixture or compound): blend, melange; see also Thesaurus:mixture
- (work of music, literature or art): See also Thesaurus:musical composition
Derived terms
- composition algebra
- composition book, composition notebook
- composition fee
- letter of composition
Related terms
- composite
- compositing
- compositionism
- compositionist
Translations
Anagrams
- monisotopic
French
Etymology
From Old French composicion, borrowed from Latin compositi?, compositi?nem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.po.zi.sj??/
Noun
composition f (plural compositions)
- composition, makeup
- essay
- composition, work of art
- (linguistics) composition, formation of compound words
- (printing) composition, typesetting
- (sports) lineup
- (object-oriented programming) composition
Synonyms
- (essay): essai, dissertation, rédaction
- (work of art): œuvre
Related terms
- composer
- compositeur
Descendants
- ? Turkish: kompozisyon
References
- “composition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French composicion.
Noun
composition f (plural compositions)
- agreement; accord; pact
Descendants
- French: composition
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amalgamation
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin amalgam?ti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??mæl???me???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
- Hyphenation: a?mal?ga?ma?tion
Noun
amalgamation (countable and uncountable, plural amalgamations)
- The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.
- The result of amalgamating; a mixture or alloy.
- (specifically) The production of an alloy of mercury and another metal.
- (obsolete) The intermarriage and interbreeding of different ethnicities or races. [in the US, supplanted after 1863 by miscegenation; elsewhere, in use into the 1900s]
Related terms
- amalgam
- amalgamate
Translations
French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin amalgam?ti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.mal.?a.ma.sj??/
- Homophone: amalgamations
Noun
amalgamation f (plural amalgamations)
- amalgamation
Further reading
- “amalgamation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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