compositeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkɒmpəzɪt/
• (General American, dialects of Canada) IPA: /kəmˈpɑzɪt/
• (Canada, dialects of the 米国発音) IPA: /ˈkɒmpəzɪt/, /kəmˈpɒzɪt/
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈkɔmpəzɪt/
• (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈkɒmpəzət/, [ˈkɔ̟mpəzət]
• 韻: -ɒzɪt

形容詞

composite (comparative more composite, superlative most composite)

1. Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.
   • 1960 February, R. K. Kirkland, “The Great Western and Brentford Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 81:

     The line then falls on a gradient of 1 in 102 to the point at Windmill Lane, known locally as the "Three Bridges," where there is a composite crossing of road, canal and railway, all at the same point. The road is carried over the canal by an orthodox-style bridge, the canal being contained in a cast-iron trough, 8 ft. deep, which passes at an acute angle over the railway. (This arrangement at Southall remains the same in 2026)

2. (architecture) Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles.
3. (mathematics) Having factors other than itself and one; not prime and not one.
4. (botany) Belonging to the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae), bearing involucrate heads of many small florets.

   Synonym: asteracean

5. (photography, historical) Employing multiple exposures on a single plate, so as to create an average view of something, such as faces in physiognomy.

   composite portraiture; a composite photograph

   • 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., page 92:

     [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.

派生語

名詞

composite (plural composites)

1. A mixture of different components.
2. A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
3. (botany) A plant belonging to the family Asteraceae, syn. Compositae.
4. (mathematics) A function of a function.
5. (mathematics) Clipping of composite number.
6. (chiefly law enforcement) A drawing, photograph, etc. that combines several separate pictures or images.
7. (rail transport, UK) A railway carriage with compartments for two different classes of travel; see Composite Corridor.
   • 1963 April, “New Inter-City diesel multiple-units for W.R.”, in Modern Railways, page 266:

     The units are made up as either:
     [...]
     Trailer composite—4 first-class compartments—24 seats; and 3 second-class compartments—24 seats,
     [...]
     A total of 40 vehicles are to be built, Ten of each type of power car, ten trailer composites, five trailer seconds and five trailer second/buffets.

8. (fraternities) A framed photo board composed of many individual photos of fraternity or sorority members.
9. (school yearbook) The separate pages of individual student photos that form the main section.
10. (uncommon) A segment, subset.
    • 1991 December 1, Jacob Smith Yang, quoting U.S. Trademark Office, “Old Glory Condoms Denied Patent”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 20, page 2:

      […] likely give offense to conscience or moral feelings or shock the sense of decency or propriety in a substantial composite of the general public

    • 2019, J. M. Odachi, S. E. Okon, “Organisational Culture and Perception of Service Quality among Employees in the Insurance Industry in Nigeria”, in UNILAG Journal of Humanities, volume 7, number 2, page 160:

      Insurance as an industry is a major composite of the financial sector of any economy all over the world, Nigeria inclusive.

派生語

参考

• aggregate
• conglomerate

動詞

composite (third-person singular simple present composites, present participle compositing, simple past and past participle composited)

1. To make a composite.

   I composited an image using computer software.

派生語

関連する語

形容詞

composite

1. vocative masculine singular of compositus

参照

• “composite”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “composite”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “composite”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.