Mixture vs. Composite — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Mixture and Composite
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Definitions
Mixture
In chemistry, a mixture is a material made up of two or more different substances which are not chemically combined. A mixture is the physical combination of two or more substances in which the identities are retained and are mixed in the form of solutions, suspensions and colloids.Mixtures are one product of mechanically blending or mixing chemical substances such as elements and compounds, without chemical bonding or other chemical change, so that each ingredient substance retains its own chemical properties and makeup.
Composite
Made up of several parts or elements
This soup is one of those composite dishes which you gradually build up
Mixture
The act or process of mixing
An alloy made from the mixture of two metals.
Composite
Relating to or denoting a classical order of architecture consisting of elements of the Ionic and Corinthian orders.
Mixture
The condition of being mixed
The inevitable mixture of different cultures in big cities.
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Composite
Relating to or denoting plants of the daisy family (Compositae ).
Mixture
A combination of ingredients used in cooking or baking.
Composite
A thing made up of several parts or elements
The English legal system is a composite of legislation and judicial precedent
Mixture
One that consists of diverse elements
The day was a mixture of sun and clouds.
Composite
A plant of the daisy family (Compositae ).
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Mixture
A fabric made of different kinds of thread or yarn.
Composite
The Composite order of architecture.
Mixture
(Chemistry) A composition of two or more substances that are not chemically combined with each other and are capable of being separated.
Composite
Combine (two or more images) to make a single picture
Photographic compositing by computer
Mixture
The act of mixing.
The mixture of sulphuric acid and water produces heat.
Composite
Made up of distinct components; compound.
Mixture
Something produced by mixing.
An alloy is a mixture of two metals.
Composite
Made by combining two or more existing things, such as photographs.
Mixture
Something that consists of diverse elements.
The day was a mixture of sunshine and showers.
Composite
(Mathematics) Having factors; factorable.
Mixture
A medicinal compound, typically a suspension of a solid in a solution
A teaspoonful of the mixture to be taken three times daily after meals
Composite
(Botany) Of, belonging to, or characteristic of the composite family.
Mixture
(music) A compound organ stop.
Composite
Composite(Architecture) Of, relating to, or being in the Composite order.
Mixture
A cloth of variegated colouring.
Composite
A structure or entity made up of distinct components
A musical suite that is a composite of operatic themes.
Mixture
(India) A mix of different dry foods as a snack, especially chevda or Bombay mix.
Composite
A material in which two or more distinct, structurally complementary materials, usually a matrix material and a reinforcing material, are combined to produce structural or functional properties not present in any individual component. Wood, bone, concrete, plastic reinforced by glass fibers, and graphite reinforced with carbon fibers are all composite materials.
Mixture
The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, made by a mixture of ingredients.
Composite
(Botany) A plant in the composite family.
Mixture
That which results from mixing different ingredients together; a compound; as, to drink a mixture of molasses and water; - also, a medley.
There is also a mixture of good and evil wisely distributed by God, to serve the ends of his providence.
Composite
(Mathematics) The application of one function to another. For example, if (x) = x2 and g(x) = x + 1, then the composite (g(x)) = (x + 1)2 and the composite g((x)) = x2 + 1.
Mixture
An ingredient entering into a mixed mass; an additional ingredient.
Cicero doubts whether it were possible for a community to exist that had not a prevailing mixture of piety in its constitution.
Composite
To make using distinct components.
Mixture
A kind of liquid medicine made up of many ingredients; esp., as opposed to solution, a liquid preparation in which the solid ingredients are not completely dissolved.
Composite
To make by combining two or more photographs or images.
Mixture
A mass of two or more ingredients, the particles of which are separable, independent, and uncompounded with each other, no matter how thoroughly and finely commingled; - contrasted with a compound and solution; thus, gunpowder is a mechanical mixture of carbon, sulphur, and niter.
Composite
Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.
Mixture
An organ stop, comprising from two to five ranges of pipes, used only in combination with the foundation and compound stops; - called also furniture stop. It consists of high harmonics, or overtones, of the ground tone.
Composite
(architecture) Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles.
Mixture
(chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding)
Composite
(mathematics) Having factors other than itself and one; not prime and not one.
Mixture
Any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients;
He volunteered to taste her latest concoction
He drank a mixture of beer and lemonade
Composite
(botany) Belonging to the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae), bearing involucrate heads of many small florets.
Mixture
A collection containing a variety of sorts of things;
A great assortment of cars was on display
He had a variety of disorders
A veritable smorgasbord of religions
Composite
Employing multiple exposures on a single plate, so as to create an average view of something, such as faces in physiognomy.
Composite portraiture; a composite photograph
Mixture
An event that combines things in a mixture;
A gradual mixture of cultures
Composite
A mixture of different components.
Mixture
The act of mixing together;
Paste made by a mix of flour and water
The mixing of sound channels in the recording studio
Composite
A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
Composite
(botany) A plant belonging to the family Asteraceae, syn. Compositae.
Composite
(mathematics) A function of a function.
Composite
(mathematics) composite number
Composite
A drawing, photograph, etc. that combines several separate pictures or images.
Composite
A railway carriage with compartments for two different classes of travel; see Composite Corridor.
Composite
To make a composite.
I composited an image using computer software.
Composite
Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a composite language.
Happiness, like air and water . . . is composite.
Composite
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.
Composite
Belonging to the order Compositæ; bearing involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion.
Composite
That which is made up of parts or compounded of several elements; composition; combination; compound.
Composite
A conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts;
The complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town
Composite
Considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers
Composite
Consisting of separate interconnected parts
Composite
Of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae
Composite
Used of color
Composite
A modified Corinthian style of architecture (a combination of Corinthian and Ionic)