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Composite \Com*pos"ite\ (?; 277), a. [L. compositus made up of
parts, p. p. of componere. See {Compound}, v. t., and cf.
{Compost}.]
1. Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a
composite language.
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Happiness, like air and water . . . is composite.
--Landor.
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2. (Arch.) Belonging to a certain order which is composed of
the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called
also the {Roman} or the {Italic} order, and is one of the
five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the
sixteenth century. See {Capital}.
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3. (Bot.) Belonging to the order {Composit[ae]}; bearing
involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy,
thistle, and dandelion.
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{Composite carriage}, a railroad car having compartments of
different classes. [Eng.]

{Composite number} (Math.), one which can be divided exactly
by a number exceeding unity, as 6 by 2 or 3..

{Composite photograph} or {Composite portrait}, one made by a
combination, or blending, of several distinct photographs.
--F. Galton.

{Composite sailing} (Naut.), a combination of parallel and
great circle sailing.

{Composite ship}, one with a wooden casing and iron frame.
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Italic \I*tal"ic\, a. [L. Italicus: cf. F. italique. Cf.
{Italian}.]
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1. Relating to Italy or to its people.
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2. Applied especially to a kind of type in which the letters
do not stand upright, but slope toward the right; -- so
called because dedicated to the States of Italy by the
inventor, Aldus Manutius, about the year 1500.
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{Italic languages}, the group or family of languages of
ancient Italy.

{Italic order} (Arch.), the composite order. See {Composite}.


{Italic school}, a term given to the Pythagorean and Eleatic
philosophers, from the country where their doctrines were
first promulgated.

{Italic version}. See {Itala}.
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Italic \I*tal"ic\, n.; pl. {Italics}. (Print.)
An Italic letter, character, or type (see {Italic}, a., 2.);
-- often in the plural; as, the Italics are the author's.
Italic letters are used to distinguish words for emphasis,
importance, antithesis, etc. Also, collectively, Italic
letters.
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