COMPOSITION
\kˌɒmpəzˈɪʃən], \kˌɒmpəzˈɪʃən], \k_ˌɒ_m_p_ə_z_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of COMPOSITION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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musical creation
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a mixture of ingredients
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something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole; "he envied the composition of their faculty"
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the way in which someone or something is composed
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a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"
By Princeton University
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musical creation
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a mixture of ingredients
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something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole; "he envied the composition of their faculty"
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the way in which someone or something is composed
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a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients.
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The invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as, the composition of a poem or a piece of music.
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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. See 4, below.
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The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc.
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The setting up of type and arranging it for printing.
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The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment.
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A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition.
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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.
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Consistency; accord; congruity.
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Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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The union of different things or principles to make a whole; the act or art of writing a literary or musical work; the work written; a piece written for practice in the use of language; make-up, as of a picture; the setting up of type; an agreement, as to settle a dispute; compromise.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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Act of composing; thing composed, as a work in literature, or art; combination; arrangement.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The act of composing, or that which is composed, as a literary, artistic, or musical production; a combination.
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An agreement or settlement; compromise.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The act of composing or compounding, - of medicines for example; Iamatosyntaxis. Also, the Compound, Compositum, or thing compounded. Likewise, a combination.
By Robley Dunglison
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The act of making up a finished product by the proper arrangement of its component parts, also the product itself.
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The constitution of a compound substance, with reference to the elementary bodies and intermediate combinations that make it up and their relative quantities, arrangement, etc.
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A compound.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. Act of composing; —invention or combination of the parts of a literary or artistic work; —combination of parts in due proportion; —arrangement of type for use in printing; —state of being composed; —adjustment of a debt, or obligation, by some compensation mutually agreed on.
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The act of forming an integral of various dissimilar parts; the act - of bringing simple ideas into complication, opposed to analysis; a mass formed by mingling different ingredients ; the state of being compounded, union, conjunction; the arrangement of various figures in a picture; written work; the act of discharging a debt by paying part; consistency, congruity; in grammar, the joining words together; a certain method of demonstration in mathematicks, which is the reverse of the analytical method, or of resolution.
By Thomas Sheridan
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Collagen Induced Arthritis
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