compositenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkɒm.pə.zɪt/us/ˈkɑːm.pə.zɪt/something that is made of various different parts:
The main character in her latest novel is a composite of several public figures of that era.
Scientists have put together a composite picture of what the earth's crust is like.
specialized engineering a material made up of more than one substance that is used for building things:
The bodies of these racing cars are moulded from the same composite that is used for making aircraft.
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Complexity
- a paper chase idiom
- advanced
- all-singing
- be more to sth than meets the eye idiom
- bleeding-edge
- equation
- fancy
- high-tech
- intractable
- intricacy
- intricate
- many-sided
- plot
- purple
- sophisticated
- tangled
- the plot thickens idiom
- thereby
- thereby hangs a tale idiom
- wheel
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