- Composite order
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an order of Classical architecture, developed in Rome, that combines characteristics of both the Ionic order and the Corinthian order.
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Composite order
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Composite photograph — Composite Com*pos ite (?; 277), a. [L. compositus made up of parts, p. p. of componere. See {Compound}, v. t., and cf. {Compost}.] 1. Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a composite language. [1913 Webster] Happiness, like air… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
