Literary notes about composite (AI summary)
The word “composite” functions as an adjective that underscores the integration or merger of distinct elements into a unified whole. In some texts, it is applied to tangible objects—such as a photograph that blends scenes from different locales ([1]) or a building with multiple distinct structural parts ([2], [3])—while in other works it conveys abstract or literary complexity. Authors use “composite” to describe characters possessing diverse, even contradictory, qualities ([4], [5]) and to outline theories where ideas, substances, or even verses are understood as arrangements of simpler components ([6], [7], [8]). This multifaceted usage reflects both technical and artistic dimensions, demonstrating the term’s versatility in capturing the nuances of parts in relation to an integrated whole.
- New York to Norfolk composite photo from the Earth Resources Technology Satellite-1.
— from Rockets, Missiles, and Spacecraft of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution - A tunic from one, trousers from another, and a helmet from a third, might be blended into a very effective and harmonious composite uniform.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies - To your left stands a curious composite building, with a detached belfry in the centre, and two wings, as it seems, one on either side.
— from ParisGrant Allen's Historical Guides by Grant Allen - He saw at once that this serious man had in him the necessary composite qualities of a rascal.
— from The History of a Crime by Victor Hugo - So the coming man will be a composite, many in one.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden - This is a composite verse, consisting of three series.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane - The first merely banishes the simple from the intuition of the composite; while the second drives it entirely out of nature.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant - No composite thing in the world consists of simple parts; and there does not exist in the world any simple substance.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant
