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The technique of composite ship construction (wooden planking over a wrought iron frame) emerged in the mid-19th century as the final stage in the evolution
Composite_ship
Topics referred to by the same term
programming Composite video, an analogue video signal format Composite portrait, a compositing of images such as faces to produce an Ideal type Composite ship, a
Composite
American experimental spaceplane
re-entry. SpaceShipOne's official model designation is Scaled Composites Model 316. The Scaled Composites Model 316, known as SpaceShipOne, was a spaceplane
SpaceShipOne
Combining of visual elements from separate sources into single images
Compositing is the process or technique of combining visual elements from separate sources into single images, often to create the illusion that all those
Compositing
Former suborbital spaceplane for space tourism
The Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShipTwo (SS2) is a retired air-launched suborbital spaceplane type designed for space tourism. It was manufactured
SpaceShipTwo
American aerospace company
of non-metal, composite materials, and for winning the Ansari X Prize with its experimental spacecraft SpaceShipOne. Scaled Composites was established
Scaled_Composites
SpaceShipOne mother ship
companion SpaceShipOne, an experimental spaceplane. The White Knight and SpaceShipOne were designed by Burt Rutan and manufactured by Scaled Composites, a private
Scaled Composites White Knight
Scaled_Composites_White_Knight
Upcoming class of spaceplanes by Virgin Galactic
SpaceShipThree in 2005 was for commercial orbital spaceflight, as part of a program called "Tier 2" by Burt Rutan founder of Scaled Composites. By 2008
SpaceShip_III
Airborne carrier and parasite planes
as a carrier aircraft or mother ship, with the smaller sometimes called a parasite or jockey craft. The first composite aircraft flew in 1916, during World
Composite_aircraft
SpaceShipTwo mother ship
The Scaled Composites Model 348 White Knight Two (WK2) is a quadjet cargo aircraft that was used to lift the SpaceShipTwo (SS2) spacecraft to release
Scaled Composites White Knight Two
Scaled_Composites_White_Knight_Two
World's oldest surviving clipper ship, completed in 1864
that composite ships could carry large amounts of canvas sail. Composite ships were therefore some of the fastest ships afloat. Composite ships were built
City_of_Adelaide_(1864)
Large vehicle that leads, serves, or carries other smaller vehicles
as the mother ship component of the Short Mayo Composite two-plane maritime trans-Atlantic project design in the 1930s. The mother ship concept was used
Mother_ship
is a composite ship repair company based in Goa, India. Western India Shipyard Limited was registered in 1993 and has a dedicated composite ship repair
Western_India_Shipyard
first composite built ships of the Dutch navy. In the 1870s the navy in the Dutch East Indies consisted of an auxiliary squadron of four ships from the
Riouw-class_gunvessel
19th-century English shipbuilder
rules for constructing composite ships, the rules for which were used for the design and construction of the composite Clipper ship Cutty Sark. His bust
William_Pile_(shipbuilder)
Composite construction is a generic term to describe any building construction involving multiple dissimilar materials. Composite construction is often
Composite_construction
Type of vehicle armour
Composite armour is a type of vehicle armour consisting of layers of different materials such as metals, plastics, ceramics or air. Most composite armours
Composite_armour
Method for numerical integration
the composite Simpson's 3/8 rule. Simpson's 1/3 and 3/8 rules are two special cases of closed Newton–Cotes formulas. In naval architecture and ship stability
Simpson's_rule
Large watercraft
and composite materials are often found in sailboats and pleasure craft. Some ships have been made with concrete hulls. Propulsion systems for ships fall
Ship
1879 he purchased the Andromeda at Liverpool, an 1,876-ton full-rigged composite ship built in 1864, brought it to Teklenborgs Werft, and added seventy iron
History_of_the_oil_tanker
Swedish stealth missile corvettes
Oceanic-Creations spin-off). There are multiple advantages to using composite materials in ship hulls. Good conductivity and surface flatness mean a low radar
Visby-class_corvette
Virgin Galactic mother ship
for SpaceShipTwo-class Virgin SpaceShips. VMS Eve was built by Scaled Composites for Virgin Galactic. The aircraft was named after Evette Branson, the
VMS_Eve
association with F.A.O. and Watever, organized the training of 15 students in composite ship repair. Mandoris Shampans: 5m, 7m, and 11m Masdoris Karnaphuli Boat
Taratari
sailing ships, depict vessels that visited Cambodia over the centuries, including Arab, Chinese, and even European with three sails. Some depict composite ship
Pidan_(textile)
Stocks index
The IDX Composite (formerly: JSX Composite, Indonesian: Indeks Harga Saham Gabungan, lit. 'Combined Stock Prices Index', IHSG) is a stock index of all
IDX_Composite
American aerospace engineer (born 1943)
Composites. In a 2010 Big Think interview, Rutan articulated his motivation for developing suborbital spaceflight technology projects with SpaceShipOne
Burt_Rutan
Sailing ship race from China to London
China. Taeping was the first composite ship built by Robert Steele & Co (the third from this yard out of the five ships listed here), being launched in
Great_Tea_Race_of_1866
Transport company
in 1831, commanding his first ship in 1840. His seafaring background gave him the necessary experience to manage the ship-owning side of the business.
Killick_Martin_&_Company
Mother ship aircraft designed to launch spacecraft
The Scaled Composites Model 351 Stratolaunch, or "Roc", is a solitary testbed aircraft built by Scaled Composites for Stratolaunch Systems to carry air-launch-to-orbit
Scaled Composites Stratolaunch
Scaled_Composites_Stratolaunch
Merchant sailing ship of the 19th century
1863, the first tea clippers of composite construction were brought out, combining the best of both worlds. Composite clippers had the strength of an
Clipper
US Air Force unit tasked with the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The 509th Composite Group (509 CG) was a unit of the United States Army Air Forces created during World War II and tasked with the operational deployment
509th_Composite_Group
2014 spacecraft accident in California
registration N339SS, was the sole Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShipTwo test vehicle. It was the first of the five SpaceShipTwo craft planned by Virgin Galactic
VSS_Enterprise_crash
medium clipper ship could match.[citation needed] In the 1860s a final generation of clipper ships, the clipper-built composite ship, featured wooden
Medium_clipper
British composite hose manufacturer
Dantec is a British manufacturers of composite hoses. It is one of the world's top three largest manufacturer of such industrial hoses and the biggest
Dantec_(company)
Dutch shipbuilding company
Krimpen yard launched the frigate Kanagawa of 630 lasts. This was a composite ship. Iron on the inside, wood on the outside. It was launched for Lels and
J._&_K._Smit
Type of ship's propeller
Marine composite propellers are ship propellers made from fiber composites. These composites are made from materials like glass or carbon fibers and infused
Composite_propeller
of clipper ships lasted from the early 1840s to the early 1890s, and over time features such as the hull evolved from wooden to composite. During the
List_of_clipper_ships
Ship designed for operations near shore
littoral combat ship (LCS) is a relatively small surface vessel designed for littoral warfare in near-shore operations. There are two LCS ship classes deployed
Littoral_combat_ship
Armoured composite gunboat
HMS Vixen was an armoured composite gunboat, the only ship of her class, and the third ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name. She was the first Royal
HMS_Vixen_(1865)
Rocket flight test
during ambient temperature pressure testing on November 21, 2025, a composite overwrapped pressure vessel in one of the chines failed and the resultant
Starship_flight_test_12
Topics referred to by the same term
Ambassador (clipper), a 1869 British tea clipper, one of the last composite ships Ambassador (motorcycles), made by a British manufacturer Airspeed Ambassador
Ambassador_(disambiguation)
Combat system for non-AEGIS ships of the US Navy
individual sensors, but it fuses the active and passive sensors to form a composite track and improve automatic target tracking. The major benefits of this
Ship_Self-Defense_System
Stealth missile destroyer class of the US Navy
re-purposed the ships for surface warfare. In 2023, the Navy began removing the AGS from the ships and replaced them with hypersonic missiles. The ships are classed
Zumwalt-class_destroyer
English clipper ship
Angel and the Elder Line, but Angel was her major owner. Torrens was a composite ship, with a steel framed and teak planks. Her registered length was 222
Torrens_(clipper_ship)
SpaceShipTwo (SS2) spaceplane
Enterprise (tail number: N339SS) was the first SpaceShipTwo (SS2) spaceplane, built by Scaled Composites for Virgin Galactic. It had been planned to be the
VSS_Enterprise
American astronaut
Scaled Composites astronaut team. He is their Vice President of Flight Operations, and was one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne and SpaceShipTwo, the
Peter_Siebold
Wind propulsion technology for large ships
sails made of composite materials and a tilting gaff rigging, enabling hybrid or primary wind propulsion for commercial and cruise ships. It is also the
SolidSail
Zumwalt-class destroyer of the US Navy
instead of the composite structures of the other ships in the class. This change was made in response to cost overruns for the composite structure, but
USS_Lyndon_B._Johnson
TCG Göksu (F-497) Also received 8-cell Mk-41 VLS for Evolved Sea Sparrow. The first ship from the İstif class frigates was delivered. ex D'Estienne d'Orves-class
List of active ships of the Turkish Naval Forces
List_of_active_ships_of_the_Turkish_Naval_Forces
Gunboat of the Royal Navy
HMS Thrush was a Redbreast-class composite gunboat, the third ship of the name to serve in the Royal Navy. The Redbreast class were designed by Sir William
HMS_Thrush_(1889)
US Navy rehearsal
COMPTUEX, or Composite Training Unit Exercise, is a rehearsal each US Navy Carrier Strike Group performs before departing for deployment. Each ship and aircraft
Composite Training Unit Exercise
Composite_Training_Unit_Exercise
Wooden fastener
Architecture: A Treatise on Laying Off and Building Wood, Iron, and Composite Ships. W. Collins, Sons & Company. p. 232. wood architecture treenails. The
Treenail
Warship class of the US Navy
The composite mast was replaced by a conventional mast starting from USS Fort Lauderdale as a transition to the LX(R)-class amphibious warfare ship design
San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock
San_Antonio-class_amphibious_transport_dock
Submersible that imploded in 2023
and carbon fiber composite materials. After testing with dives to its maximum intended depth in 2018 and 2019, the original composite hull of Titan developed
Titan_(submersible)
Transport company in Netherlands
hull vlak with wooden planking. This would have made it a very early composite ship. Problems with the delivery of iron sheets prevented this plan, as well
Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij
Nederlandsche_Stoomboot_Maatschappij
Prototype naval stealth vessel
ship using advanced stealth technologies. The M80 was designed by the M Ship Company then built by Knight and Carver, as an experimental testbed ship
M80_Stiletto
but since then some ships were indeed docked. On 23 November 1885 the composite ship Amstel of 1,700 tons was docked to be repaired. In September 1886 the
Volharding_Dock
Amphibious Warfare Ship
The LX(R) class (formerly LSD(X) class) is a class of amphibious warfare ships under development for the United States Navy, to be contracted from 2020
LX(R)-class amphibious warfare ship
LX(R)-class_amphibious_warfare_ship
Spanish Navy officer
Livingston Island, Antarctica, where he died, is named after him. San Telmo (ship) Spanish Navy Porlier Bay. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer v t e
Rosendo_Porlier_y_Asteguieta
Archaeological site in Suffolk, England
have excavated the site since the discovery of a previously undisturbed ship burial containing a wealth of artifacts in 1938. Sutton Hoo illuminates the
Sutton_Hoo
United States Navy officer and test pilot (1953–2022)
officer and one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne, the experimental spaceplane developed by Scaled Composites and flown from 2003 to 2004. Binnie was born
Brian_Binnie
British tea clipper built in 1869
monument. The wreck is now reduced to a skeletal frame. Better preserved composite ship constructions include: City of Adelaide (1864), passenger clipper relocated
Ambassador_(clipper)
'Sailing ships' depict vessels that visited Cambodia over the centuries, such as Chinese, Arab, and European. Some depict stylized composite ships. 'Symbolic
Cambodian_art
English ship wrecked in 1872
Rotherhithe on the River Thames, completing her in July 1865. She was a composite ship of 1,127 GRT, length 203.4 feet (62.0 m), breadth 34.6 feet (10.5 m)
Yatala_(clipper_ship)
South African-born American test pilot and astronaut (1940–2026)
of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne, the experimental spaceplane developed by Scaled Composites. Melvill piloted SpaceShipOne on its first flight past
Mike_Melvill
Dutch East India Company flagship
a ship of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). She was built in Amsterdam in 1628 as the flagship of one of the three annual fleets of company ships and
Batavia_(1628_ship)
World War II order of battle
Sutton) Composite Squadron 78 (Lt. Cmdr. J.L. Hyde, USNR) 15 FM-2 Wildcat fighters 12 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers Petrof Bay (Capt. J.L. Kane) Composite Squadron
Invasion of Leyte naval order of battle
Invasion_of_Leyte_naval_order_of_battle
List of ships with the same or similar names
in 1855 and sold in 1872. HMS Cockchafer (1881) was a Banterer-class composite screw gunboat launched in 1881 and sold in 1905. HMS Cockchafer (1915)
HMS_Cockchafer
American demonstrator aircraft
The Scaled Composites ARES is a demonstrator aircraft built by Scaled Composites. ARES is an acronym for Agile Responsive Effective Support. In 1981,
Scaled_Composites_ARES
Light, strong and rigid composite material
clashes with glass-(fiber)-reinforced polymer). CFRP are composite materials. In this case the composite consists of two parts: a matrix and a reinforcement
Carbon-fiber reinforced polymer
Carbon-fiber_reinforced_polymer
Large wind-powered water vessel
sailing ships, employing square-rigged or fore-and-aft sails. Some ships carry square sails on each mast—the brig and full-rigged ship, said to be "ship-rigged"
Sailing_ship
following article lists the many former ships of the Indonesian Navy that are no longer in service. Older ships may use the old prefix "RI" instead of
List of former ships of the Indonesian Navy
List_of_former_ships_of_the_Indonesian_Navy
Ancient Egyptian religious festivities
the contents of the venerable vase, which is why the mummy is called composite mummy. This compound of this god is started by the swaddler in the athribite
Mysteries_of_Osiris
Vessel class of the Republic of Singapore Navy
and assembly of the composite superstructure in partnership with OMT. The composite superstructure is claimed to improve the ship's stability by lowering
Victory-class multi-role combat vessel
Victory-class_multi-role_combat_vessel
1863 clipper ship
voyage was chiefly wool, but also copper. She was an early example of a composite ship, with an iron frame and timber cladding, giving more open space for
Coonatto_(clipper_ship)
David"". Glasgow Herald. No. 7616. Glasgow. 6 June 1864. "Launch of a "Composite" Ship". Liverpool Mercury. No. 5094. Liverpool. 6 June 1864. "Launch of a
List_of_ship_launches_in_1864
British composite clipper ship built in 1868
Thermopylae was an extreme composite clipper ship built in 1868 by Walter Hood & Co of Aberdeen, to the design of Bernard Waymouth of London. Designed
Thermopylae_(clipper)
"Harry Crosbie threatens legal action against Dublin Port Company over ship ownership". The Irish Times. Retrieved 10 April 2025. Klempau, Iris. "Irish
Lightvessels_in_Ireland
Watertight buoyant body of a ship or boat
A hull is the watertight body of a ship, boat, submarine, or flying boat. The hull may open at the top (such as a dinghy), or it may be fully or partially
Hull_(watercraft)
amphibious command ship Appalachian Rear Adm. Gerald F. Bogan Unit 1 (Rear Adm. Bogan) 2 escort carriers Fanshaw Bay (Capt. D.P. Johnson) Composite Squadron 68
Central Marianas naval order of battle
Central_Marianas_naval_order_of_battle
Indian long range anti-ship hypersonic missile
The Long Range – Anti Ship Missile (LRAShM) is a boost-glide hypersonic missile being developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation for
LRAShM_(missile)
British clipper ship, on display at Greenwich, England
building). She is one of only three remaining intact composite construction (wooden hull on an iron frame) ships from the nineteenth century, the others being
Cutty_Sark
Ship which uses stealth technology to reduce risk of detection
advantage in further RCS reductions. However, composites are fragile and often unsuited to larger ships or ships that expect to take fire, although new laminates
Stealth_ship
Space tourism company
SpaceShipTwos and two WhiteKnightTwos. Scaled Composites was contracted to develop and build the initial prototypes of WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo,
Virgin_Galactic
First privately funded human spaceflight (2004)
returned to the spaceport and landed safely at 08:14. Scaled Composites, the makers of SpaceShipOne, announced the planned spaceflight on June 2, 2004, and
SpaceShipOne_flight_15P
Air-cushioned landing craft
The Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC), also known as the LCAC 100 class, is a system proposed by the United States Navy as a replacement for the Landing Craft
Ship-to-Shore_Connector
Navy's sail section. Designed by Andrea Vallicelli, it was built using composite of carbon sandwich, kevlar and fiberglass, which made the structure of
Italian training ship Orsa Maggiore
Italian_training_ship_Orsa_Maggiore
was the lead ship in the Katsuragi class of three composite hulled, sail-and-steam corvettes of the early Imperial Japanese Navy. The ship was named for
Japanese_corvette_Katsuragi
Construction of ships and floating vessels
adherence of weeds and barnacles. As a result, composite construction remained the dominant approach where fast ships were required, with wooden timbers laid
Shipbuilding
Cargo ship of the Middle Ages
A cog is a type of ship that was used during the Middle Ages, mostly for trade and transport but also in war. It first appeared in the 10th century, and
Cog_(ship)
Family of hybrid rocket engines
(RM2) is a family of hybrid rocket engines developed for the Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane. The first-generation engine was developed
RocketMotorTwo
American test pilot (1975–2014)
American test pilot for Scaled Composites. He died on October 31, 2014, during test flight PF04 of the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo VSS Enterprise. Michael
Michael_Alsbury
pier is a pair of polished pink granite colonnettes with richly carved composite capitals. The roof is hidden behind the parapet. II Bandstand 50°06′56″N
Listed_buildings_in_Penzance
was a famous British tea clipper. Taitsing was a full-rigged, composite-built clipper ship, measuring 192 feet (59 meters) in length, with a beam of 31
Taitsing_(clipper)
Heavy-lift watercraft
and one wide interface. The hinges use Trelleborg AB Orkot bearings, a composite material which provide a longer life and lowered maintenance compared
TX-10,000_(ship)
scene, legally or illegally. Jana accepts this, and Imara helps with a composite sketch of the boy she saw. When TJ recognises the boy as an expelled classmate
List_of_Wolfblood_episodes
Ship class
minehunters using composite materials. Intermarine completely renovated a shipyard in Savannah, Georgia, and converted it into a modern composite manufacturing
Osprey-class_minehunter
Patrol Boat
properties of composite construction with aluminum" versions of the same craft. The tests did not suggest continuing the vessel with a composite structure
Mark V Special Operations Craft
Mark_V_Special_Operations_Craft
2023 maritime disaster
businessman; and Dawood's son, Suleman. Communication between Titan and its mother ship, MV Polar Prince, was lost 1 hour and 33 minutes into the dive. Authorities
Titan_submersible_implosion
Suborbital human spaceflight program using the reusable spacecraft SpaceShipOne
Tier One was a Scaled Composites' 1990s–2004 program of suborbital human spaceflight using the reusable spacecraft SpaceShipOne and its launcher White
Scaled_Composites_Tier_One
COMPOSITE SHIP
COMPOSITE SHIP
Girl/Female
Indian
Calm, Composure, Self-posses
Boy/Male
Indian
Opposite
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
King Henry IV, Part 2' Lord Mowbray, retainer of Northumberland and opposite against King Henry...
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places named from Old English scypen, scipen ‘cattleshed’, such as Shippen in West Yorkshire and Shippon in Berkshire, or a topographic name derived directly from the vocabulary word. In some cases it may originally have been acquired as a metonymic occupational name for a cowman, who in medieval times would often have lived in the same building as his animals.Born in Methley, Yorkshire, England, in 1639, Edward Shippen emigrated to Boston, MA, in 1668. He joined the Society of Friends and moved his family and business to Philadelphia in about 1694 to avoid religious persecution, eventually becoming mayor of Philadelphia, where his sons and grandsons continued to be prominent.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Calm; Composure; Self-possession
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire)
English (Lancashire) : occupational name for a poet, minstrel, or balladeer, from an agent derivative of Middle English rime(n) ‘to compose or recite verses’ (Old French rimer).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Riemer.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Old English corn, a metathesized form of cran ‘crane’ (see Crane).English : from Middle English corn ‘grain’, applied as a metonymic occupational name for a grain merchant or grower, or possibly a miller.English : metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of hand mills, Old English cweorn.Altered spelling of German Korn or a shortened form of any of the composite names formed with this element.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly East Anglia)
English (mainly East Anglia) : metonymic occupational name for a boatbuilder or a mariner, from Middle English ship ‘ship’.
Female
English
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic ÉtaÃn, EDAIN means "face" or perhaps "against" or "opposite."
Female
Irish
Variant spelling of Irish Éadan, ÉADAOIN means "face" or perhaps "against" or "opposite."
Female
Irish
Variant form of Irish ÉtaÃn, ÉADAN means "face" or perhaps "against" or "opposite."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic name for a shipbuilder (see Shipp).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Cotton.Possibly an altered spelling of German Kotten, a habitational name from any of several places so named in Rhineland, Westphalia, Silesia, etc., or an Americanized shortened form of composite German surnames such as Kottenhagen, Kottenhoff, Kottenkamp (see Koth).
Girl/Female
Indian
Calm, Composure, Self-posses
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a shepherd, Middle English schepman (literally ‘sheep man’).English : occupational name for a mariner, or occasionally perhaps for a boatbuilder, Middle English schipman (literally ‘ship man’).
Girl/Female
Muslim
Calm, Composure, Self-posses
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Shippey.
Female
Hebrew
(ש×ִפְרָה) Hebrew name SHIPHRAH means "beauty, brightness." In the bible, this is the name of two midwives.Â
Girl/Female
Muslim
Calm, Composure, Self-posses
Boy/Male
Arabic, Australian
Opposite Day; Open Minded
COMPOSITE SHIP
COMPOSITE SHIP
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Young and Handsome
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Fine.
Girl/Female
Spanish American
pleasantness.
Girl/Female
Australian, Chinese, Finnish, Japanese
Fairytale; Fable
Girl/Female
Arabic, Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Muslim, Telugu
Bright
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Brightness
Boy/Male
Tamil
King of poets, Name of Lord Ganesh
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Sindhi, Telugu
Beautiful
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a medieval vernacular short form of the personal name Pascal, Latin Paschalis (see Pascal).
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Telugu, Traditional
Ruler of the Earth
COMPOSITE SHIP
COMPOSITE SHIP
COMPOSITE SHIP
COMPOSITE SHIP
COMPOSITE SHIP
n.
A mixture for fertilizing land; esp., a composition of various substances (as muck, mold, lime, and stable manure) thoroughly mingled and decomposed, as in a compost heap.
a.
Belonging to the Compositae; composite.
a.
Applied to the other of two things which are entirely different; other; as, the opposite sex; the opposite extreme.
a.
Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange.
v. t.
Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or the Italic order, and is one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See Capital.
n.
That which is made up of parts or compounded of several elements; composition; combination; compound.
n. pl.
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.
v. t.
To manure with compost.
a.
Compounded more than once; compounded with things already composite.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Compose
v. t.
To construct by mental labor; to design and execute, or put together, in a manner involving the adaptation of forms of expression to ideas, or to the laws of harmony or proportion; as, to compose a sentence, a sermon, a symphony, or a picture.
n.
The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition.
a.
Tending to compose or soothe.
v. t.
Belonging to the order Compositae; bearing involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion.
v. t.
To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing; to set (type).
a.
Not composite; uncompounded; simple.
v. t.
Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a composite language.
n.
That which is opposed or contrary; as, sweetness and its opposite.
n.
A preparation of fruit in sirup in such a manner as to preserve its form, either whole, halved, or quartered; as, a compote of pears.
v. t.
To mingle, as different fertilizing substances, in a mass where they will decompose and form into a compost.