Definition of composition

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Composition (n.) A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially one showing study and care in arrangement; -- often used of an elementary essay or translation done as an educational exercise..

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Saponify :: Saponify (v. t.) To convert into soap, as tallow or any fat; hence (Chem.), to subject to any similar process, as that which ethereal salts undergo in decomposition; as, to saponify ethyl acetate..
First :: First (adv.) Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.; -- much used in composition with adjectives and participles..
Divertimento :: Divertimento (n.) A light and pleasing composition.
Tonophant :: Tonophant (n.) A modification of the kaleidophon, for showing composition of acoustic vibrations. It consists of two thin slips of steel welded together, their length being adjystable by a screw socket..
Versification :: Versification (n.) The act, art, or practice, of versifying, or making verses; the construction of poetry; metrical composition..
Chested :: Chested (a.) Having (such) a chest; -- in composition; as, broad-chested; narrow-chested..
Taurine :: Taurine (n.) A body occurring in small quantity in the juices of muscle, in the lungs, and elsewhere, but especially in the bile, where it is found as a component part of taurocholic acid, from which it can be prepared by decomposition of the acid. It crystallizes in colorless, regular six-sided prisms, and is especially characterized by containing both nitrogen and sulphur, being chemically amido-isethionic acid, C2H7NSO3..
Poetry :: Poetry (n.) Imaginative language or composition, whether expressed rhythmically or in prose. Specifically: Metrical composition; verse; rhyme; poems collectively; as, heroic poetry; dramatic poetry; lyric or Pindaric poetry..
Finale :: Finale (n.) The last movement of a symphony, sonata, concerto, or any instrumental composition..
Module :: Module (n.) The size of some one part, as the diameter of semi-diameter of the base of a shaft, taken as a unit of measure by which the proportions of the other parts of the composition are regulated. Generally, for columns, the semi-diameter is taken, and divided into a certain number of parts, called minutes (see Minute), though often the diameter is taken, and any dimension is said to be so many modules and minutes in height, breadth, or projection..
Dissolution :: Dissolution (n.) Change of form by chemical agency; decomposition; resolution.
Ivoride :: Ivoride (n.) A composition resembling ivory in appearance and used as a substitute for it.
Nocturne :: Nocturne (n.) A night piece, or serenade. The name is now used for a certain graceful and expressive form of instrumental composition, as the nocturne for orchestra in Mendelsohn's Midsummer-Night's Dream music..
Sotadic :: Sotadic (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the lascivious compositions of the Greek poet Sotades..
Punctuation :: Punctuation (n.) The act or art of punctuating or pointing a writing or discourse; the art or mode of dividing literary composition into sentences, and members of a sentence, by means of points, so as to elucidate the author's meaning..
Composition :: Composition (n.) The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment.
Cerebrose :: Cerebrose (n.) A sugarlike body obtained by the decomposition of the nitrogenous non-phosphorized principles of the brain.
Georgic :: Georgic (a.) A rural poem; a poetical composition on husbandry, containing rules for cultivating lands, etc.; as, the Georgics of Virgil..
Accompany :: Accompany (v. i.) To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition.
Pay :: Pay (v. t.) To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear..
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