Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word COMPOSITION

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Definitions of COMPOSITION

1. The act of putting together; assembly.
2. Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
3. A mixture or compound; the result of composing. [from 16th c.]
4. The proportion of different parts to make a whole. [from 14th c.]
5. The general makeup of a thing or person. [from 14th c.]
6. (obsolete) An agreement or treaty used to settle differences; later especially, an agreement to stop hostilities; a truce. [14th]
7. (obsolete) A payment of money in order to clear a liability or obligation; a settling or fine. [16th]
8. (legal) an agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor.
9. An essay. [from 16th c.]
10. (linguistics) The formation of compound words from separate words. [from 16th c.]
11. A work of music, literature or art. [from 17th c.]
12. (printing) Typesetting. [from 19th c.]
13. (mathematics) Applying a function to the result of another.
14. (physics) The compounding of two velocities or forces into a single equivalent velocity or force.
15. (obsolete) Consistency; accord; congruity.
16. (painting, photography) The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.
17. (object-oriented programming) Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones.

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Examples of Using COMPOSITION in a Sentence

• Depending on its exact composition it can be a sticky, black liquid or an apparently solid mass that behaves as a liquid over very large time scales.
• The purpose of the composition is to allow complex dialogue scenes to be played out without changes in camera position.
• Didymus reports that the work transmitted as speech 11 of Demosthenes (Against the Letter of Philip) could be found in almost identical form in Book 7 of Anaximenes' Philippica, and many scholars regard the work as a historiographic composition by Anaximenes.
• Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development.
• An anthem is a musical composition of celebration, usually used as a symbol for a distinct group, particularly the national anthems of countries.
• The date of composition is a matter of contention among scholars; the only certain dating is for the manuscript, which was produced between 975 and 1025 AD.
• It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions: their composition, structure, properties, behavior and the changes they undergo during reactions with other substances.
• Computer programming or coding is the composition of sequences of instructions, called programs, that computers can follow to perform tasks.
• He originally studied the piano, but found his vocation in innovative composition, despite the disapproval of the Conservatoire's conservative professors.
• Cell biology encompasses both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and has many subtopics which may include the study of cell metabolism, cell communication, cell cycle, biochemistry, and cell composition.
• Chemistry is the science of atomic matter (matter that is composed of chemical elements), especially its chemical reactions, but also including its properties, structure, composition, behavior, and changes as they relate to the chemical reactions.
• Computer music is the application of computing technology in music composition, to help human composers create new music or to have computers independently create music, such as with algorithmic composition programs.
• Carefully balanced composition, soft diffusion of light, and granular impasto characterize his work.
• Chemical affinity can also refer to the tendency of an atom or compound to combine by chemical reaction with atoms or compounds of unlike composition.
• Historically, it was mostly used as a practice instrument and as an aid to composition, not being loud enough for larger performances.
• Under this addition, and with multiplication being defined as function composition, the endomorphisms of an abelian group form a ring (the endomorphism ring).
• The Epistle to Philemon was composed around AD 57–62 by Paul while in prison at Caesarea Maritima (early date) or more likely from Rome (later date) in conjunction with the composition of Colossians.
• When putting together some sort of video composition, typically, you would need a collection of shots and footages that vary from one another.
• The same functional group will undergo the same or similar chemical reactions regardless of the rest of the molecule's composition.
• The demographic situation in Georgia, like that of some other former Soviet republics (especially Estonia and Latvia), has been characterized by two prominent features since independence: decline in total population and significant "Georgianization" of the ethnic composition.
• Geologists study the mineralogical composition of rocks in order to get insight into their history of formation.
• He set new standards for both comic and serious opera before retiring from large-scale composition while still in his thirties, at the height of his popularity.
• It contains a highly schematic account of the ministry of Jesus, with seven "signs" culminating in the raising of Lazarus (foreshadowing the resurrection of Jesus) and seven "I am" discourses (concerned with issues of the church–synagogue debate at the time of composition) culminating in Thomas's proclamation of the risen Jesus as "my Lord and my God".
• In mathematics, many sets of transformations form a group under function composition; for example, the rotations around a point in the plane.
• The recipe for Greek fire was a closely-guarded state secret; historians have variously speculated that it was based on saltpeter, sulfur, or quicklime, though most modern scholars agree that it was based on petroleum mixed with resins, comparable in composition to modern napalm.

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