Composite

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Composite or compositing may refer to:

Materials

• Composite material, a material that is made from several different substances
  • Metal matrix composite, composed of metal and other parts
  • Cermet, a composite of ceramic and metallic materials
  • Dental composite, a substance used to fill cavities in teeth
  • Composite armor, a type of tank armor
• Alloy, a mixture of a metal and another element
• Mixture, the combination of several different substances without chemical reaction

Mathematics

• Composite number, a positive integer that has at least one factor other than one or itself

Science

• Composite particle, a particle which is made up of smaller particles
• Compositae or "composite family" of flowering plants
• Composite volcano, a layered conical volcano
• Compositing, another name for superposed epoch analysis, a statistical method used to analyze time series involving multiple events

Technology

• Compositing, combining of visual elements from separate sources into single images
  • Digital compositing
• Composite pattern, a software design pattern used for computer programming
• Composite video, an analogue video signal format
• Composite portrait, a compositing of images such as faces to produce an Ideal type
• Composite ship, a marine vessel with a design incorporating both wood and metal for the body
• Composite bow, in archery, made of multiple materials, in contrast to an all-wood bow
• Compositing window manager, a window manager that gives every window an off-screen buffer

Other

• Composite card, a marketing tool for actors and models
• Composite character, a character in an adaptation of a work formed from two or more characters from the original work
• Composite monarchy, a category for several countries under one ruler
• Composite motion, in parliamentary procedure, created by assimilating multiple motions into one
• Composite order, in architecture, a type of capital on a column
• Facial composite, an approximate likeness of a person's face based on an eyewitness's description
• Composite (finance), a proxy for financial markets performance
• Composite coach, a railway carriage with seating for more than one class of passenger

See also

• Compound (disambiguation)

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