different between intricate vs composite

English

Etymology 1

From Latin intricatus, past participle of intricare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n.t??.k?t/

Adjective

intricate (comparative more intricate, superlative most intricate)

1. Having a great deal of fine detail or complexity.
   • As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “near-aissance.”

Translations

Etymology 2

As the adjective; or by analogy with extricate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n.t??.ke?t/

Verb

intricate (third-person singular simple present intricates, present participle intricating, simple past and past participle intricated)

1. (intransitive) To become enmeshed or entangled.
   • 1864 October 18, J.E. Freund, “How to Avoid the Use of Lint”, letter to the editor, in The New York Times (1864 October 23):

     […] washes off easily, without sticking or intricating into the wound.

2. (transitive) To enmesh or entangle: to cause to intricate.
   • 1994 December 12, William Safire, “Avoid Dunkirk II” (essay), in The New York Times:

     But the British and French won't hear of that; they want to get their troops extricated and our ground troops intricated.

References

• intricate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• acitretin, triacetin, triactine

Italian

Adjective

intricate f pl

1. feminine plural of intricato

Verb

intricate

1. second-person plural present of intricare
2. second-person plural imperative of intricare
3. feminine plural past participle of intricare

Anagrams

• recintati
• trinciate

Latin

Verb

intr?c?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of intr?c?

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