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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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Roman \Ro"man\, a. [L. Romanus, fr. Roma Rome: cf. F. romain.
Cf. {Romaic}, {Romance}, {Romantic}.]
1. Of or pertaining to Rome, or the Roman people; like or
characteristic of Rome, the Roman people, or things done
by Romans; as, Roman fortitude; a Roman aqueduct; Roman
art.
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2. Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic religion;
professing that religion.
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3. (Print.)
(a) Upright; erect; -- said of the letters or kind of type
ordinarily used, as distinguished from Italic
characters.
(b) Expressed in letters, not in figures, as I., IV., i.,
iv., etc.; -- said of numerals, as distinguished from
the Arabic numerals, 1, 4, etc.
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{Roman alum} (Chem.), a cubical potassium alum formerly
obtained in large quantities from Italian alunite, and
highly valued by dyers on account of its freedom from
iron.

{Roman balance}, a form of balance nearly resembling the
modern steelyard. See the Note under {Balance}, n., 1.

{Roman candle}, a kind of firework (generally held in the
hand), characterized by the continued emission of shower
of sparks, and the ejection, at intervals, of brilliant
balls or stars of fire which are thrown upward as they
become ignited.

{Roman Catholic}, of, pertaining to, or the religion of that
church of which the pope is the spiritual head; as, a
Roman Catholic priest; the Roman Catholic Church.

{Roman cement}, a cement having the property of hardening
under water; a species of hydraulic cement.

{Roman law}. See under {Law}.

{Roman nose}, a nose somewhat aquiline.

{Roman ocher}, a deep, rich orange color, transparent and
durable, used by artists. --Ure.

{Roman order} (Arch.), the composite order. See {Composite},
a., 2.
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Roman \Ro"man\, n.
1. A native, or permanent resident, of Rome; a citizen of
Rome, or one upon whom certain rights and privileges of a
Roman citizen were conferred.
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2. Roman type, letters, or print, collectively; -- in
distinction from Italics.
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