Composite
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Composite may refer to:

Acting, Film, and Studio
  • Composite card, a marketing tool for actors and especially models
  • Composite character
    Composite character
    A composite character is a character composed of two or more individuals, appearing in a fictional or non-fictional work. Two fictional characters are often combined into one upon adaptation of a work from one medium to another, as in the film adaptation of a novel...

    , a character in an adaptation of a work formed from two or more characters from the original work
  • Digital compositing
    Digital compositing
    Digital compositing is the process of digitally assembling multiple images to make a final image, typically for print, motion pictures or screen display...

     or optical film compositing
    Compositing
    Compositing is the combining of 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 shooting for compositing is variously called "chroma key", "blue screen", "green screen" and other names. Today,...

    , a common 2-D visual effects technique


Mathematics
  • Composite number
    Composite number
    A composite number is a positive integer which has a positive divisor other than one or itself. In other words a composite number is any positive integer greater than one that is not a prime number....

    , an integer greater than one that is not a prime number
  • A function composition
    Function composition
    In mathematics, function composition is the application of one function to the results of another. For instance, the functions and can be composed by computing the output of g when it has an argument of f instead of x...

    , a composite of two mathematical functions


Nature
  • The family Compositae or "composite family", the largest family of flowering plants; now called Asteraceae
  • Composite volcano, a tall, conical volcano composed of many layers of hardened lava, tephra, and volcanic ash


Materials
  • Composite material
    Composite material
    Composite materials, often shortened to composites or called composition materials, are engineered or naturally occurring materials made from two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties which remain separate and distinct at the macroscopic or...

    , a material that is made from several different substances
  • Dental composite
    Dental composite
    Dental composite resins are types of synthetic resins which are used in dentistry as restorative material or adhesives. Synthetic resins evolved as restorative materials since they were insoluble, aesthetic, insensitive to dehydration, easy to manipulate and reasonably inexpensive...

    , a substance used to fill cavities in teeth
  • Alloy
    Alloy
    An alloy is a mixture or metallic solid solution composed of two or more elements. Complete solid solution alloys give single solid phase microstructure, while partial solutions give two or more phases that may or may not be homogeneous in distribution, depending on thermal history...

    , a composite of a metal and another element
  • Metal matrix composite
    Metal matrix composite
    A metal matrix composite is composite material with at least two constituent parts, one being a metal. The other material may be a different metal or another material, such as a ceramic or organic compound. When at least three materials are present, it is called a hybrid composite...

    , a composite material with at least two constituent parts, one being a metal
  • Cermet
    Cermet
    A cermet is a composite material composed of ceramic and metallic materials. A cermet is ideally designed to have the optimal properties of both a ceramic, such as high temperature resistance and hardness, and those of a metal, such as the ability to undergo plastic deformation. The metal is used...

    , a composite material composed of ceramic (cer) and metallic (met) materials
  • Mixture
    Mixture
    In chemistry, a mixture is a material system made up by two or more different substances which are mixed together but are not combined chemically...

    , a composite made by combining two or more different materials with no chemical reaction occurring
  • Composite armor, a type of armor used on many Tanks


Science and Technology
  • Composite particle, a particle which is made up of smaller particles
  • Composite pattern
    Composite pattern
    In software engineering, the composite pattern is a partitioning design pattern. The composite pattern describes that a group of objects are to be treated in the same way as a single instance of an object. The intent of a composite is to "compose" objects into tree structures to represent...

    , a software design pattern used for computer programming
  • Composite video
    Composite video
    Composite video is the format of an analog television signal before it is combined with a sound signal and modulated onto an RF carrier. In contrast to component video it contains all required video information, including colors in a single line-level signal...

    , an analogue video signal format


Other
  • Composite order
    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. The composite order volutes are larger, however, and the composite order also has echinus molding with egg-and-dart ornamentation between the volutes...

    , in architecture, a type of capital on a column
  • Compositing (democracy)
    Compositing (democracy)
    In deliberative procedure, compositing is the process of combining several motions into one composite motion.The process of compositing motions may be desirable for two reasons. First, it can save the time of an assembly by avoiding presenting two or more similar motions...

    , the process of combining several motions into a composite motion
  • Facial composite
    Facial composite
    A facial composite is a graphical representation of an eyewitness's memory of a face, as recorded by a composite artist. Facial composites are used mainly by police in their investigation of crimes.-PhotoFIT generation:...

    , an estimated likeness of a face made an eyewitness's description
  • Composite (finance)
    Composite (finance)
    A composite or a composite index is 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 data or redundant measures...

    , a proxy for financial markets performance
  • A railway carriage that has seating for more than one class of passenger.
  • Southside Composite Squadron, a Civil Air Patrol
    Civil Air Patrol
    Civil Air Patrol is a Congressionally chartered, federally supported, non-profit corporation that serves as the official civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force . CAP is a volunteer organization with an aviation-minded membership that includes people from all backgrounds, lifestyles, and...

     Squadron Located in Richmond, Virginia
    Richmond, Virginia
    Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...

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  • Compound
    Compound
    Compound may refer to:* Chemical compounds, combinations of two or more elements* Compound , a cluster of buildings having a shared purpose, usually inside a fence or wall...

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