Composite or compositing may refer to:
Materials
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Composite material
A composite material (also called a composition material or shortened to composite, which is the common name) is a material which is produced from two or more constituent materials. These constituent materials have notably dissimilar chemical or ...
, a material that is made from several different substances
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Metal matrix composite
In materials science, a metal matrix composite (MMC) is a composite material with fibers or particles dispersed in a metallic matrix, such as copper, aluminum, or steel. The secondary phase is typically a ceramic (such as alumina or silicon carb ...
, composed of metal and other parts
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Cermet
A cermet is a composite material composed of ceramic (cer) and metal (met) materials.
A cermet can combine attractive properties of both a ceramic, such as high temperature resistance and hardness, and those of a metal, such as the ability to und ...
, a composite of ceramic and metallic materials
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Dental composite
Dental composite resins (better referred to as "resin-based composites" or simply "filled resins") are dental cements made of synthetic resins. Synthetic resins evolved as restorative materials since they were insoluble, of good tooth-like appea ...
, a substance used to fill cavities in teeth
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Composite armor
Composite armour is a type of vehicle armour consisting of layers of different material such as metals, plastics, ceramics or air. Most composite armours are lighter than their all-metal equivalent, but instead occupy a larger volume for the sam ...
, a type of tank armor
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Alloy
An alloy is a mixture of chemical elements of which at least one is a metal. Unlike chemical compounds with metallic bases, an alloy will retain all the properties of a metal in the resulting material, such as electrical conductivity, ductilit ...
, a mixture of a metal and another element
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Mixture, the combination of several different substances without chemical reaction
Mathematics
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Composite number
A composite number is a positive integer that can be formed by multiplying two smaller positive integers. Equivalently, it is a positive integer that has at least one divisor other than 1 and itself. Every positive integer is composite, prime, ...
, a positive integer that has at least one factor other than one or itself
Science
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Composite particle
This is a list of known and hypothesized particles.
Elementary particles
Elementary particles are particles with no measurable internal structure; that is, it is unknown whether they are composed of other particles. They are the fundamental ob ...
, a particle which is made up of smaller particles
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Compositae
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae ...
'' or "composite family" of flowering plants
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Composite volcano
A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with a summit crater and peri ...
, a layered conical volcano
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superposed epoch analysis, a
statistical method used to analyze
time series
In mathematics, a time series is a series of data points indexed (or listed or graphed) in time order. Most commonly, a time series is a sequence taken at successive equally spaced points in time. Thus it is a sequence of discrete-time data. Ex ...
involving multiple events
Technology
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Compositing
Compositing is the process or technique of combining visual elements from separate sources into single images, often to create the illusion that all those elements are parts of the same scene. Live action, Live-action shooting for compositing is ...
, combining of visual elements from separate sources into single images
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Digital compositing
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Composite pattern In software engineering, the composite pattern is a partitioning design pattern. The composite pattern describes a group of objects that are treated the same way as a single instance of the same type of object. The intent of a composite is to "comp ...
, a software design pattern used for computer programming
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Composite video, an analogue video signal format
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Composite portrait
Composite portraiture (also known as composite photographs) is a technique invented by Sir Francis Galton in the 1880s after a suggestion by Herbert Spencer for registering photographs of human faces on the two eyes to create an "average" photogra ...
, a compositing of images such as faces to produce an
Ideal type
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Composite ship
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 of fast commercial sailing ships.
Construction of wrought iron hulled vessels had begun i ...
, a marine vessel with a design incorporating both wood and metal for the body
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Composite bow
A composite bow is a traditional bow made from horn, wood, and sinew laminated together, a form of laminated bow. The horn is on the belly, facing the archer, and sinew on the outer side of a wooden core. When the bow is drawn, the sinew (stre ...
, in archery, made of multiple materials, in contrast to an all-wood bow
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Compositing window manager, a window manager that gives every window an off-screen buffer
Other
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Composite card
A comp card (also called composite card, Z card, zed card or Sed card) is a marketing tool for actors and especially models. They serve as the latest and best of a model's portfolio and are used as a business card. A Z-CARD is also a folded lea ...
, a marketing tool for actors and models
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Composite character
In a work of media adapted from a real or fictional narrative, a composite character is a character based on more than one individual from the story.
Use in film
*Several characters in the movie '' 21''.
*The character Henry Hurt in the docudra ...
, a character in an adaptation of a work formed from two or more characters from the original work
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Composite order
The Composite order is a mixed order, combining the volutes of the Ionic order capital with the acanthus leaves of the Corinthian order.Henig, Martin (ed.), ''A Handbook of Roman Art'', p. 50, Phaidon, 1983, In many versions the composite or ...
, in architecture, a type of capital on a column
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Composite motion
In deliberative procedure, compositing is the process of combining several motions into one composite motion.BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34357018
The process of compositing motions may be desirable for two reasons. First, it c ...
, in parliamentary procedure, created by assimilating multiple motions into one
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Facial composite, an approximate likeness of a person's face based on an eyewitness's description
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Composite (finance) A composite or a composite index is a combination of equities or indexes intended to measure the overall market performance over time.
A composite index may also be used in the natural or social sciences to summarize complex or multidimensional da ...
, a proxy for financial markets performance
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Composite coach
A passenger railroad car or passenger car (United States), also called a passenger carriage, passenger coach (United Kingdom and International Union of Railways), or passenger bogie (India) is a railroad car that is designed to carry passenge ...
, a railway carriage with seating for more than one class of passenger
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Compound (disambiguation)
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