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composition 音標拼音: [k ,ɑmpəz'ɪʃən] n. C作品,作文,樂曲; U寫作,作曲; U構成,組成,成分,結構 C作品,作文,樂曲; U寫作,作曲; U構成,組成,成分,結構 composition組版 composition編製 合成 組版 composition n 1: the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole; " harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art" [ synonym: { composition}, { composing}] 2: the way in which someone or something is composed [ synonym: { constitution}, { composition}, { physical composition}, { makeup}, { make- up}] 3: a mixture of ingredients 4: a musical work that has been created; " the composition is written in four movements" [ synonym: { musical composition}, { opus}, { composition}, { piece}, { piece of music}] 5: musical creation [ synonym: { composing}, { composition}] 6: the act of creating written works; " writing was a form of therapy for him"; " it was a matter of disputed authorship" [ synonym: { writing}, { authorship}, { composition}, { penning}] 7: art and technique of printing with movable type [ synonym: { typography}, { composition}] 8: an essay ( especially one written as an assignment); " he got an A on his composition" [ synonym: { composition}, { paper}, { report}, { theme}] 9: something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole; " he envied the composition of their faculty" Composition \ Com` po* si" tion\, n. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment. [ 1913 Webster] View them in composition with other things. -- I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster] The elementary composition of bodies. -- Whewell. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition. [ 1913 Webster] A composition that looks . . . like marble. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 5. Consistency; accord; congruity. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] There is no composition in these news That gives them credit. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 6. Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement. [ 1913 Webster] Thus we are agreed: I crave our composition may be written. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 7. ( Law) 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. [ 1913 Webster] Compositions for not taking the order of knighthood. -- Hallam. [ 1913 Webster] Cleared by composition with their creditors. -- Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster] 8. Synthesis as opposed to analysis. [ 1913 Webster] The investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of composition. -- Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster] { 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} ( 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 first and second is to the second as the sum of the third and fourth to the fourth. 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2. { typesetting}. COMPOSITION, contracts. An agreement, made upon a sufficient consideration, between a debtor and creditor, by which the creditor accepts part of the debt due to him in satisfaction of the whole. Montagu on Compos. 1; 3 Co. 118; Co. Litt. 212, b; 4 Mod. 88; 1 Str. 426; 2 T. R. 24, 26; 2 Chit. R. 541, 564; 5 D. & R. 56 3 B. & C. 242; 1 R. & M. 188; 1 B. & A. 103, 440; 3 Moore' s R. 11; 6 T. R. 263; 1 D. & R. 493; 2 Campb. R. 283; 2 M. & S. 120; 1 N. R. 124; Harr. Dig. Deed VIII. 2. In England, compositions were formerly allowed for crimes and misdemeanors, even for murder. But these compositions are no longer allowed, and even a qui tam action cannot be lawfully compounded. Bac. Ab. Actions qui tam, See 2 John. 405; 9 John. 251; 10 John. 118; 11 John. 474; 6 N. H.- Rep. 200.
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