Definition of composition
1 a
: the act or process of composing;
specifically
: arrangement into specific proportion or relation and especially into artistic form
- the painting's unique composition
b (1)
: the arrangement of type for printing
- hand composition
(2)
: the production of type or typographic characters (as in photocomposition) arranged for printing
2 a
: the manner in which something is composed
b
: general makeup
- the changing ethnic composition of the city's population
c
: the qualitative and quantitative makeup of a chemical compound
- the chemical composition of a polymer
3
: mutual settlement or agreement
- The two parties came to a composition.
4
: a product of mixing or combining various elements or ingredients
- a composition of rubber and cork
5
: an intellectual creation: such as
a
: a piece of writing;
especially
: a school exercise in the form of a brief essay
- wrote a composition on the role of the police in our society
b
: a written piece of music especially of considerable size and complexity
- Her composition for piano and flute was played at the recital.
6
: the quality or state of being compound
7
: the operation of forming a composite function;
also
: composite function
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