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<cs><col>Composing frame</col> <fld>(Print.)</fld>, <cd>a stand for holding cases of type when in use.</cd> -- <col>Composing rule</col> <fld>(Print.)</fld>, <cd>a thin slip of brass or steel, against which the type is arranged in a composing stick, or by the aid of which stickfuls or handfuls or type are lifted; -- called also <altname>setting rule</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Composing stick</col> <fld>(Print.)</fld>, <cd>an instrument usually of metal, which the compositor holds in his left hand, and in which he arranges the type in words and lines. It has one open side, and one adjustable end by means of which the length of the lines, and consequently the width of the page or column, may be determined.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Com*pos"i*t\'91</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., from L. <ets>compositus</ets> made up of parts. See <er>Composite</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A large family of dicotyledonous plants, having their flowers arranged in dense heads of many small florets and their anthers united in a tube. The daisy, dandelion, and asters, are examples.</def>

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<hw>Com*pos"ite</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>compositus</ets> made up of parts, p. p. of <ets>componere</ets>. See <er>Compound</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, and cf. <er>Compost</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; <as>as, a <ex>composite</ex> language</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Happiness, like air and water . . . is <b>composite</b>. <i>Landor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the <altname>Roman</altname> or the <altname>Italic</altname> order, and is one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See <er>Capital</er>.</def>

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<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Belonging to the order <spn>Composit\'91</spn>; bearing involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion.</def>

<cs><col>Composite carriage</col>, <cd>a railroad car having compartments of different classes.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> -- <col>Composite number</col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>one which can be divided exactly by a number exceeding unity, as 6 by 2 or 3.</cd><-- the opposite of <col>prime number</col> -->. -- <mcol><col>Composite</col> <col>photograph &or; portrait</col></mcol>, <cd>one made by a combination, or blending, of several distinct photographs.</cd> <i>F. Galton.</i> -- <col>Composite sailing</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a combination of parallel and great circle sailing.</cd> -- <col>Composite ship</col>, <cd>one with a wooden casing and iron frame.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Com*pos"ite</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which is made up of parts or compounded of several elements; composition; combination; compound.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

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<hw>Com`po*si"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>composition</ets>, fr. L. <ets>compositio</ets>. See <er>Composite</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients. In specific uses: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; <as>as, the <ex>composition</ex> of a poem or a piece of music</as>.</def> "The constant habit of elaborate <i>composition." <i>Macaulay.</i> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <def>The art or practice of so combining the different parts of a work of art as to produce a harmonious whole; also, a work of art considered as such.</def> See 4, below. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>The setting up of type and arranging it for printing.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment.</def>

<blockquote>View them in <b>composition</b> with other things. <i>I. Watts.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The elementary <b>composition</b> of bodies. <i>Whewell.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; <as>as, a chemical <ex>composition</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>omposition</b> that looks . . . like marble. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially one showing study and care in arrangement; -- often used of an elementary essay or translation done as an educational exercise.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Consistency; accord; congruity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>There is no <b>composition</b> in these news That gives them credit. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement.</def>

<blockquote>Thus we are agreed: I crave our <b>composition</b> may be written. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment.</def>

<blockquote><b>Compositions</b> for not taking the order of knighthood. <i>Hallam.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Cleared by <b>composition</b> with their creditors. <i>Blackstone.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>Synthesis as opposed to analysis.</def>