English-Thai Dictionary
composition
N การ จัดวาง องค์ประกอบ arrangement configuration kan-jad-wang-ong-pra-kob
composition
N การ ประกอบ ขึ้น (ส่วน ต่างๆ เข้าด้วยกัน combination organization kan-pra-kob-kuen
composition
N สิ่ง ที่ ประกอบ ขึ้น sing-ti-pra-kob-kuen
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
COMPOSITION
n.s as z. 1. In a general sense, the act of composing, or that which is composed; the act of forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts or ingredients; or the whole body, mass or compound, thus formed. Thus we speak of the composition of medicines, by mixing divers ingredients, and call the whole mixture a composition. A composition of sand and clay is used for luting chimical vessels.
Vast pillars of stone, cased over with a composition that looks like marble.
Heat and vivacity, in age, is an excellent composition for business.
2. In literature, the act of inventing or combining ideas, clothing them with words, arranging them in order, and in general, committing them to paper, or otherwise writing them. Hence,
3. A written or printed work; a writing, pamphlet or book.
4. In music, the act or art of forming tunes; or a tune, song, anthem, air, or other musical piece.
5. The state of being placed together; union; conjunction; combination.
Contemplate things first in their simple natures, and then view them in composition.
6. The disposition or arrangement of figures connected in a picture.
By composition is meant the distribution and orderly placing of things, both in general and particular.
7. Adjustment; orderly disposition. Ben Jonson speaks of the composition of gesture, look, pronunciation and motion, in a preacher.
8. Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy.
Thus we are agreed;
I crave our composition may be written.
9. Mutual agreement for the discharge of a debt, on terms or by means different from those required by the original contract, or by law, as by the payment of a different sum, or by making other compensation. Hence, the sum so paid, or compensation given, in lieu of that stipulated or required.
A read composition is when an agreement is made between the owner of lands and the parson or vicar, with the consent of the ordinary and the patron, that such lands shall for the future be discharged rom the payment of tithes, by reason of some land or other real recompense given to the parson, in lieu and satisfaction thereof.
A bankrupt is cleared by a commission of bankruptcy, or by composition with his creditors.
1 . Consistency; congruity.
11. The act of uniting simple ideas in a complex idea or conception; opposed to analysis.
12. The joining of two words in a compound, as in book-case; or the act of forming a word with a prefix or affix, which varies its signification; as return, from turn; preconcert, from concert; endless from end.
13. The synthetical method of reasoning; synthesis; a method of reasoning from known or admitted truths or principles, as from axioms, postulates or propositions previously demonstrated, and from these deducing a clear knowledge of the thing to be proved; or the act of collecting scattered parts of knowledge, and combining them into a system, so that the understanding is enabled distinctly to follow truth through its different stages of gradation. This method of reasoning is opposed to analysis or resolution. It begins with first principles, and by a train of reasoning from them, deduces the propositions or truths sought. Composition or synthesis proceeds by collecting or combining; analysis or resolution, by separating or unfolding.
14. In printing, the act of setting types or characters in the composing-stick, to form lines, and of arranging the lines in a galley, to make a column or page, and from this to make a form.
15. In chimistry, the combination of different substances, or substances of different natures, by affinity; from which results a compound substance, differing in properties from either of the component parts. Thus water is a composition of hydrogen and oxygen, which are invisible gases.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
COMPOSITION
Com `po *si "tion, n. Etym: [F. composition, fr. L. compositio. See Composite. ]
1. The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients. In specific uses: (a ) The invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as, the composition of a poem or a piece of music. "The constant habit of elaborate composition. " Macaulay. (b ) (Fine Arts ) The art or practice of so combining the different parts of a work of art as to produce a harmonious whole; also, a work of art considered as such. See 4, below. (c ) The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc. (d ) (Print. ) The setting up of type and arranging it for printing.
2. 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.
3. A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition. A omposition that looks. .. like marble. Addison.
4. 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.
5. Consistency; accord; congruity. [Obs. ] There is no composition in these news That gives them credit. Shak.
6. 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.
7. (Law )
Defn: 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. Compositions for not taking the order of knighthood. Hallam.Cleared by composition with their creditors. Blackstone.
8. 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 clotch covered with a preparation making it waterproof. -- Composition deed, an agreement for composition between a debtor and several creditors. -- Composition plane (Crystallog.), the plane by which the two individuals of a twin crystal are united in their reserved positions. -- 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. -- 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 (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. COMPOSITIVE Com *pos "i *tive, a. Etym: [L. compositivus.]
Defn: Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded. [R.]
New American Oxford Dictionary
composition
com po si tion |ˌkämpəˈziSHən ˌkɑmpəˈzɪʃən | ▶noun 1 the nature of something's ingredients or constituents; the way in which a whole or mixture is made up: the social composition of villages. • the action of putting things together; formation or construction: the composition of a new government was announced. • a thing composed of various elements: a theory is a composition of interrelated facts. • archaic mental constitution; character: persons who have a touch of madness in their composition. • [ often as modifier ] a compound artificial substance, esp. one serving the purpose of a natural one: composition flooring. • Linguistics the formation of words into a compound word. • Mathematics the successive application of functions to a variable, the value of the first function being the argument of the second, and so on: composition of functions, when defined, is associative. • Physics the process of finding the resultant of a number of forces. 2 a work of music, literature, or art: Chopin's most romantic compositions. • the action or art of producing such a work: the technical aspects of composition. • an essay, esp. one written by a school or college student. • the artistic arrangement of the parts of a picture: spoiling the composition of many of the pictures. 3 the preparing of text for printing by setting up the characters in order. See compose ( sense 4 ). 4 a legal agreement to pay an amount of money in lieu of a larger debt or other obligation. • an amount of money paid in this way. DERIVATIVES com po si tion al |-SHənl |adjective, com po si tion al ly |-SHənl -ē |adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from Latin composition-, from componere ‘put together. ’
Oxford Dictionary
composition
com |pos ¦ition |kɒmpəˈzɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] the nature of something's ingredients or constituents; the way in which a whole or mixture is made up: the social composition of villages. • the action of putting things together; formation or construction: the composition of a new government was announced in November. • [ count noun ] a thing composed of various elements: a theory is a composition of interrelated facts. • archaic mental constitution; character: persons who have a touch of madness in their composition. • [ often as modifier ] a compound artificial substance or material: composition tiles. • Mathematics the successive application of functions to a variable, the value of the first function being the argument of the second, and so on: composition of functions, when defined, is associative. • Physics the process of finding the resultant of a number of forces. 2 a creative work, especially a poem or piece of music: Chopin's most romantic compositions. • [ mass noun ] the action or art of producing a creative work such as a poem or piece of music: the technical aspects of composition. • an essay, especially one written by a school or college student. • the artistic arrangement of the parts of a picture: none of the other photographs shared this particular composition. 3 [ mass noun ] the preparation of text for printing by setting up characters or by establishing its style and appearance electronically. 4 a legal agreement to pay a sum in lieu of a larger debt or other obligation: he had been released by deed on making a composition with the creditors. • a sum paid in lieu of a larger debt. DERIVATIVES compositional adjective, compositionally adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from Latin compositio (n- ), from componere ‘put together ’.
American Oxford Thesaurus
composition
composition noun 1 the composition of the council: makeup, constitution, configuration, structure, formation, form, framework, fabric, anatomy, organization; informal setup. 2 a literary composition: work, work of art, creation, opus, oeuvre, piece, arrangement. 3 we all participated in the composition of the school song: writing, creation, formulation, invention, concoction, orchestration. 4 a school composition: essay, paper, study, piece of writing, theme. 5 the composition of the painting: arrangement, disposition, layout; proportions, balance, symmetry. 6 an adhesive composition: mixture, compound, amalgam, blend, mix.
Oxford Thesaurus
composition
composition noun 1 the composition of the new council: make-up, constitution, configuration, structure, construction, conformation, formation, form, framework, fabric, anatomy, arrangement, organization, format, layout; informal set-up. 2 Chopin's most romantic compositions | a literary composition: work of art, work, creation, literary /musical /artistic work, opus, oeuvre, piece, arrangement; poem, novel, play, drama; symphony, concerto, opera; painting, drawing, picture. 3 the composition of a poem: writing, creation, devising, making up, thinking up, framing, formulation, production, fashioning, origination, invention, concoction, compilation. 4 a school composition: essay, paper, article, text, study, piece of writing; task; N. Amer. theme. 5 the composition of the painting derives from Matteo's ‘Madonna and Child ’: arrangement, disposition, layout, design, organization, construction; proportions, harmony, balance, symmetry. 6 an adhesive composition: mixture, compound, amalgam, blend, mix, admixture.
French Dictionary
composition
composition n. f. nom féminin 1 Agencement. : La composition d ’un bouquet. SYNONYME arrangement ; combinaison . 2 Élaboration d ’une œuvre. : La composition d ’un opéra. SYNONYME conception . 3 Rédaction. : Une composition française. 4 Assemblage des caractères pour former une page d ’impression, en typographie. : La composition des textes est maintenant informatisée.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
composition
com po si tion /kɑ̀mpəzɪ́ʃ (ə )n |kɔ̀m -/→compose 名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 a. U ｟かたく ｠(物 組織などの )構成 , 組み立て ; 構造 , 組成 , 成り立ち ; 配合 ▸ the chemical composition of water 水の化学的構成 ▸ the cultural and racial composition of the country その国の文化的および人種的な成り立ち ▸ The new material is almost identical to natural bone in (its ) composition .新素材はその組成において本物の骨とほとんど変わらない b. C (個々の )構成物 ; 組織成分 .2 a. C (音楽 詩などの )作品 , 曲 ▸ piano compositions ピアノ曲 ▸ write a composition on guitar ギターで作曲する b. U (芸術作品の )創作 , 作曲 , 作詩 ; 創作 [作曲 ]技法 ▸ study music [musical ] composition 作曲を学ぶ 3 U 〖具体例ではa (…) ～/～s 〗(写真 絵などの )構図 .4 C 〖教科名では 不可算 〗(特に学校での )作文 (essay )▸ (an ) English composition 英作文 .5 U 〘印 〙植字 , 組版 .6 U 合成 (すること ); C 合成物 , 模造品 .7 U (人の )性質 , 性格 .8 C 和解 , 示談 ; 示談金 , (示談するための )部分的な返済金 .9 U 〘文法 〙(語の )合成 , 複合 (語形成 ).10 U 〘数 〙合成関数 .～al 形容詞
The Wordsmith Dictionary