composition : Idioms & Phrases

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composition board

  • noun a stiff moderately thick paper
    cardboard.
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Composition cloth

  • a kind of clotch covered with a preparation making it waterproof.
Webster 1913

Composition deed

  • an agreement for composition between a debtor and several creditors.
Webster 1913

Composition metal

  • an alloy resembling brass, which is sometimes used instead of copper for sheathing vessels; also called Muntz metal and yellow metal.
Webster 1913

Composition of forces

  • (Mech.), the finding of a single force (called the resultant) which shall be equal in effect to two or more given forces (called the components) when acting in given directions. Herbert.
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Composition of proportion

  • (Math.), an arrangement of four proportionals so that the sum of the arrangement of four proportionals so that the sum of the third and fourth to the fourth.
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Composition plane

  • (Crystallog.), the plane by which the two individuals of a twin crystal are united in their reserved positions.
Webster 1913

dramatic composition

  • noun a play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc.
    dramatic work.
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Friction powder, Friction composition

  • a composition of chlorate of potassium, antimony, sulphide, etc, which readily ignites by friction.
Webster 1913

Fugitive compositions

  • Such as are short and occasional, and so published that they quickly escape notice.
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literary composition

  • noun imaginative or creative writing
    literary work.
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musical composition

  • noun a musical work that has been created
    piece of music; opus; piece; composition.
    • the composition is written in four movements
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physical composition

  • noun the way in which someone or something is composed
    make-up; makeup; constitution; composition.
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Real composition

  • (Eccl. Law), an agreement made between the owner of lands and the parson or vicar, with consent of the ordinary, that such lands shall be discharged from payment of tithes, in consequence of other land or recompense given to the parson in lieu and satisfaction thereof. Blackstone.
Webster 1913

thermosetting compositions

  • noun a material that hardens when heated and cannot be remolded
    thermosetting resin.
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