Definition of composition

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Composition (n.) The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients..

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Dramaturgy :: Dramaturgy (n.) The art of dramatic composition and representation.
Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To point, as a composition; to punctuate..
Tyrosin :: Tyrosin (n.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance present in small amount in the pancreas and spleen, and formed in large quantity from the decomposition of proteid matter by various means, -- as by pancreatic digestion, by putrefaction as of cheese, by the action of boiling acids, etc. Chemically, it consists of oxyphenol and amidopropionic acid, and by decomposition yields oxybenzoic acid, or some other benzol derivative..
Fine :: Fine (superl.) Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; as, coins nine tenths fine..
Treatise :: Treatise (n.) A written composition on a particular subject, in which its principles are discussed or explained; a tract..
Stage :: Stage (n.) The floor for scenic performances; hence, the theater; the playhouse; hence, also, the profession of representing dramatic compositions; the drama, as acted or exhibited..
Protagon :: Protagon (n.) A nitrogenous phosphorized principle found in brain tissue. By decomposition it yields neurine, fatty acids, and other bodies..
Hued :: Hued (a.) Having color; -- usually in composition; as, bright-hued; many-hued..
Decomposition :: Decomposition (n.) The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into constituent part; analysis; the decay or dissolution consequent on the removal or alteration of some of the ingredients of a compound; disintegration; as, the decomposition of wood, rocks, etc..
Zoochemistry :: Zoochemistry (n.) Animal chemistry; particularly, the description of the chemical compounds entering into the composition of the animal body, in distinction from biochemistry..
Particle :: Particle (n.) A subordinate word that is never inflected (a preposition, conjunction, interjection); or a word that can not be used except in compositions; as, ward in backward, ly in lovely..
Legged :: Legged (a.) Having (such or so many) legs; -- used in composition; as, a long-legged man; a two-legged animal..
Mal- :: Mal- () A prefix in composition denoting ill,or evil, F. male, adv., fr. malus, bad, ill. In some words it has the form male-, as in malediction, malevolent. See Malice..
Sherd :: Sherd (n.) A fragment; -- now used only in composition, as in potsherd. See Shard..
Rust :: Rust (n.) A composition used in making a rust joint. See Rust joint, below..
Tailed :: Tailed (a.) Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; -- chiefly used in composition; as, bobtailed, longtailed, etc..
Composition :: Composition (n.) The invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as, the composition of a poem or a piece of music..
Point :: Point (n.) A mark of punctuation; a character used to mark the divisions of a composition, or the pauses to be observed in reading, or to point off groups of figures, etc.; a stop, as a comma, a semicolon, and esp. a period; hence, figuratively, an end, or conclusion..
Mithridate :: Mithridate (n.) An antidote against poison, or a composition in form of an electuary, supposed to serve either as a remedy or a preservative against poison; an alexipharmic; -- so called from King Mithridates, its reputed inventor..
Rhapsody :: Rhapsody (n.) A disconnected series of sentences or statements composed under excitement, and without dependence or natural connection; rambling composition..
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