Composition /(?)/

Com·po·si·tion

Composition

The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients. (Fine Arts)
The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment.
View them in composition with other things.
— I. Watts.

The elementary composition of bodies.
— Whewell.
A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition.
A composition that looks . . . like marble.
— Addison.
A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially one showing study and care in arrangement; -- often used of an elementary essay or translation done as an educational exercise.
Consistency; accord; congruity. [Obs.]
There is no composition in these news That gives them credit.
— Shak.
Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement.
Thus we are agreed: I crave our composition may be written.
— Shak.
The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment. (Law)
Compositions for not taking the order of knighthood.
— Hallam.

Cleared by composition with their creditors.
— Blackstone.
Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
The investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of composition.
— Sir I. Newton.

Composition cloth: a kind of cloth covered with a preparation making it waterproof.
Composition deed: an agreement for composition between a debtor and several creditors.
Composition plane: the plane by which the two individuals of a twin crystal are united in their reserved positions.
Composition of forces: 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.
Composition metal: an alloy resembling brass, which is sometimes used instead of copper for sheathing vessels; -- also called Muntz metal and yellow metal.
Composition of proportion: an arrangement of four proportionals so that the sum of the first and second is to the second as the sum of the third and fourth to the fourth.