Alloy vs. Composite

Alloynoun

A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal.

Alloynoun

(archaic) A metal of lesser value, mixed with a metal of greater value.

Alloynoun

An admixture; something added which stains, taints etc.

Alloynoun

(figurative) Fusion, marriage, combination.

Alloyverb

To mix or combine; often used of metals.

Alloyverb

To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance.

Alloyverb

(figurative) To impair or debase by mixture.

Alloynoun

Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury is one of the metals, the compound is called an amalgam.

Alloynoun

The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness.

Alloynoun

A baser metal mixed with a finer.

Alloynoun

Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy.

Alloyverb

To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper.

Alloyverb

To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.

Alloyverb

To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.

Alloyverb

To form a metallic compound.

Alloynoun

a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten;

Alloynoun

the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something

Alloyverb

lower in value by increasing the base-metal content

Alloyverb

make an alloy of

Alloy

An alloy is an admixture of metals, or a metal combined with one or more other elements. For example, combining the metallic elements gold and copper produces red gold, gold and silver becomes white gold, and silver combined with copper produces sterling silver.

Compositeadjective

Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.

Compositeadjective

(architecture) Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles.

Compositeadjective

(mathematics) Not prime; having factors.

Compositeadjective

(botany) Being a member of the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae), bearing involucrate heads of many small florets.

Compositenoun

A mixture of different components.

Compositenoun

A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.

Compositenoun

(botany) A plant belonging to the family Asteraceae, syn. Compositae.

Compositenoun

(mathematics) A function of a function.

Compositenoun

(mathematics) composite number

Compositenoun

A drawing, photograph, or the like, that combines several separate pictures or images.

Compositeverb

To make a composite.

Compositeadjective

Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a composite language.

Compositeadjective

Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or the Italic order, and is one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See Capital.

Compositeadjective

Belonging to the order Compositæ; bearing involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion.

Compositenoun

That which is made up of parts or compounded of several elements; composition; combination; compound.

Compositenoun

a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts;

Compositenoun

considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers

Compositeadjective

consisting of separate interconnected parts

Compositeadjective

of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae

Compositeadjective

used of color

Compositeadjective

a modified Corinthian style of architecture (a combination of Corinthian and Ionic)

Compositeadjective

made up of several parts or elements

Compositeadjective

(of a constructional material) made up of recognizable constituents

Compositeadjective

(of a railway carriage) having compartments of more than one class or function

Compositeadjective

(of an integer) being the product of two or more factors greater than unity; not prime.

Compositeadjective

relating to or denoting a classical order of architecture consisting of elements of the Ionic and Corinthian orders.

Compositeadjective

relating to or denoting plants of the daisy family (Compositae ).

Compositenoun

a thing made up of several parts or elements

Compositenoun

a composite constructional material

Compositenoun

a motion for debate composed of two or more related resolutions.

Compositenoun

a plant of the daisy family (Compositae ).

Compositenoun

the Composite order of architecture.

Compositeverb

combine (two or more images) to make a single picture