composite

Definition

Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French composite, from Latin compositus, past participle of compōnō (“put together”). Doublet of compost, compote, and kompot.

Example Sentences

• "composite portraiture; a composite photograph"
• "[B]y photographing a number of faces on the same plate, and so superimposing their images on one another, he produces a so-called "composite" photograph or image."