different between mixed vs composite

mixed

English

Etymology

From mix, equivalent to mix +? -ed. Compare Middle English mixid (mixed, past participle), Old English miscode (mixed, preterite). More at mix.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /m?kst/
  • Rhymes: -?kst

Verb

mixed

  1. simple past tense and past participle of mix

Adjective

mixed (comparative more mixed, superlative most mixed)

  1. Having two or more separate aspects.
    I get a very mixed feeling from this puzzling painting.
  2. Not completely pure, tainted or adulterated.
    My joy was somewhat mixed when my partner said she was pregnant: it's a lot of responsibility.
  3. Including both male(s) and female(s).
    The tennis match was mixed with a boy and a girl on each side.
    My son attends a mixed school, my daughter an all-girl grammar school.
  4. Stemming from two or more races or breeds
    The benefit dog show has both mixed and single-breed competitions.
    Mixed blood can surprisingly produce inherited properties which neither parent showed

Synonyms

  • (having two or more separate aspects): heterogeneous (See also Thesaurus:heterogeneous); (feelings) ambivalent, conflicted, equivocal
  • (not pure): impure
  • (including both males and females): co-ed, unsegregated
  • (stemming from two or more races or breeds): hybrid, mongrel

Antonyms

  • (having two or more separate aspects): homogeneous, unmixed; See also Thesaurus:homogeneous
  • (not pure): pure
  • (including both males and females): single-sex
  • (stemming from two or more races or breeds): pedigree, pure, pureblooded, purebred

Derived terms

Related terms

  • mixer
  • mixture

Translations

Anagrams

  • demix

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composite

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

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