Composition :: Composition (n.) The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients..
Composition :: Composition (n.) 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..
Composition :: Composition (n.) 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..
Composition :: Composition (n.) The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc..
Composition :: Composition (n.) The setting up of type and arranging it for printing.
Composition :: Composition (n.) The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment.
Composition :: Composition (n.) A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition..
Composition :: Composition (n.) 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..
Composition :: Composition (n.) Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement..
Composition :: Composition (n.) 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..
Composition :: Composition (n.) Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
Compositive :: Compositive (a.) Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.
Decomposition :: Decomposition (n.) The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into constituent part; analysis; the decay or dissolution consequent on the removal or alteration of some of the ingredients of a compound; disintegration; as, the decomposition of wood, rocks, etc..
Decomposition :: Decomposition (n.) The state of being reduced into original elements.
Decomposition :: Decomposition (n.) Repeated composition; a combination of compounds.