Composition vs. Inheritance

Compositionnoun

The act of putting together; assembly.

Compositionnoun

A mixture or compound; the result of composing.

Compositionnoun

The proportion of different parts to make a whole.

Compositionnoun

The general makeup of a thing or person.

Compositionnoun

(obsolete) An agreement or treaty used to settle differences; later especially, an agreement to stop hostilities; a truce.

Compositionnoun

(obsolete) An agreement to pay money in order to clear a liability or obligation; a settling.

Compositionnoun

(legal) an agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor.

Compositionnoun

An essay.

Compositionnoun

(linguistics) The formation of compound words from separate words.

Compositionnoun

A work of music, literature or art.

Compositionnoun

(printing) Typesetting.

Compositionnoun

(mathematics) Applying a function to the result of another.

Compositionnoun

(physics) The compounding of two velocities or forces into a single equivalent velocity or force.

Compositionnoun

(obsolete) Consistency; accord; congruity.

Compositionnoun

Synthesis as opposed to analysis.

Compositionnoun

The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.

Compositionnoun

(object-oriented programming) Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones.

Compositionnoun

The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients.

Compositionnoun

The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment.

Compositionnoun

A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition.

Compositionnoun

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.

Compositionnoun

Consistency; accord; congruity.

Compositionnoun

Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement.

Compositionnoun

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.

Compositionnoun

Synthesis as opposed to analysis.

Compositionnoun

a mixture of ingredients

Compositionnoun

the way in which someone or something is composed

Compositionnoun

the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole;

Compositionnoun

a musical work that has been created;

Compositionnoun

musical creation

Compositionnoun

the act of creating written works;

Compositionnoun

art and technique of printing with movable type

Compositionnoun

an essay (especially one written as an assignment);

Compositionnoun

something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole;

Inheritancenoun

The passing of title to an estate upon death.

Inheritancenoun

(countable) That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament.

Inheritancenoun

(biology) The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.

Inheritancenoun

In object-oriented programming, the mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.

Inheritancenoun

The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities.

Inheritancenoun

That which is or may be inherited; that which is derived by an heir from an ancestor or other person; a heritage; a possession which passes by descent.

Inheritancenoun

A permanent or valuable possession or blessing, esp. one received by gift or without purchase; a benefaction.

Inheritancenoun

Possession; ownership; acquisition.

Inheritancenoun

Transmission and reception by animal or plant generation.

Inheritancenoun

A perpetual or continuing right which a man and his heirs have to an estate; an estate which a man has by descent as heir to another, or which he may transmit to another as his heir; an estate derived from an ancestor to an heir in course of law.

Inheritancenoun

hereditary succession to a title or an office or property

Inheritancenoun

that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner

Inheritancenoun

(genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents

Inheritancenoun

any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors;

Inheritance

Inheritance is the practice of passing on private property, titles, debts, entitlements, privileges, rights, and obligations upon the death of an individual. The rules of inheritance differ among societies and have changed over time.