noun🔗ShareA mixture of different components."The countertop is a composite of recycled glass and concrete. "materialcompoundChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials."The airplane wing is made of a composite – strong carbon fibers embedded in a resin matrix – making it lightweight and durable. "materialcompoundChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA plant belonging to the family Asteraceae, syn. Compositae."The sunflower is a common composite. "plantbiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA function of a function."In calculus class, we learned that the composite of two functions, like squaring a number and then taking its sine, creates a new function where the output of the first becomes the input of the second. "mathfunctionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(chiefly law enforcement) A drawing, photograph, etc. that combines several separate pictures or images."The police showed the witness a composite of the suspect, created from descriptions given by multiple people. "policelawmediaChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make a composite."I composited an image using computer software."compoundprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareMade up of multiple components; compound or complex."The student's final project was a composite of research, interviews, and creative writing. "compoundmaterialstructuretechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareBeing a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles."The new school building featured a composite facade, a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian architectural styles. "architecturestyleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareHaving factors other than itself and one; not prime and not one."The number 4 is a composite number because it can be divided evenly by 2, in addition to 1 and 4. "mathnumberChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareBelonging to the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae), bearing involucrate heads of many small florets."The garden flowers were composite, displaying clusters of tiny, colorful florets. "plantbiologynatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareEmploying 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"appearancemediatechnologyartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA (nonzero) natural number that is expressible as the product of two (or more) natural numbers other than itself and 1."The number 12 is a composite number because it can be multiplied by 3 and 4 (or 2 and 6). "mathnumberChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
