composite

Made from parts

Composite means made of distinct parts or materials combined into a whole.

A composite photograph merges multiple images.

Composite materials like fiberglass blend substances for enhanced properties.

In math, a composite number has factors other than one and itself.

As a noun, a composite is the combined thing itself: Police released a composite of the suspect's face.

material

fiberglass

Reinforced woven strand composite

  • kevlarBullet-resistant synthetic fiber
  • aramidTough synthetic polymer fiber
  • laminateBond thin layers together

resin · polymer · plywood · particleboard · MDF · reinforced · layered · bonded · epoxy · matrix

blended

mixture

Combined but unbonded substances

synthesis · combination · integration · meld · confluence · merger · union · coalescence · incorporation · mingling

botanical

hybrid

Thing of mixed parentage

rootstock · scion · interspecies · crossbreed · chimera · splice · budding · propagation · hybridize · offspring

structure

layers

Stacked levels or coatings

lattice · matrix · grid · scaffolding · shell · armature · skeleton · infrastructure · truss · girders

artistic

sketch

Hasty informal drawing

identikit · montage · collage · digital · layered · rendering · reconstruction · facial · imagery

architectural

Corinthian

Ornate Greek architectural style

  • IonicScroll-capitaled column order
  • DoricAustere classical column style
  • columnVertical structural element

capital · pilaster · entablature · order · classical · neoclassical · portico · colonnade · pediment · frieze

Categories
Opposites
structural composition

compositesimple

Free of complexity

elemental · pure · single · basic · unitary

homogeneity

compositehomogeneous

Alike in composition throughout

uniform · unmixed · unblended · uncombined · consistent

assembly state

compositeseparate

To set apart

divided · disjoined · disunited · discrete · scattered

Phrases
Family

composition, composing, compositions, composites, compositional, compositing, compositor, composited, composite number

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