·noun Consistency; accord; congruity.
II. Composition ·noun Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
III. Composition ·noun The setting up of type and arranging it for printing.
IV. Composition ·noun The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, ·etc.
V. Composition ·noun The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment.
VI. Composition ·noun A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition.
VII. Composition ·noun The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients.
VIII. Composition ·noun Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement.
IX. Composition ·noun 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.
X. Composition ·noun 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.
XI. Composition ·noun 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.
XII. Composition ·noun 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.