composite

  1. Adjective.  Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.
  2. Adjective.  (architecture) Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles.
  3. Adjective.  (mathematics) Not prime; having factors.
  4. Adjective.  (botany) Being a member of the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae).
  5. Noun.  A mixture of different components.
  6. Noun.  A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
  7. Noun.  (botany) A plant belonging to the family ''Compositae''.
  8. Noun.  (mathematics) A function of a function.
  9. Noun.  (chiefly, law enforcement) A drawing, photograph, or the like, that combines several separate pictures or images.
  10. Verb.  To make a composite.

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