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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Composite \Com*pos"ite\ (?; 277), adjective [L. compositus made up of parts, p. p. of componere. See {Compound}, verb (used with an object), and cf. {Compost}.]
1. Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a composite language.
Happiness, like air and water . . . is composite. --Landor.
2. (Arch.) 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}.
3. (Bot.) Belonging to the order {Composit[ae]}; bearing involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion.
{Composite carriage}, a railroad car having compartments of different classes. [Eng.]
{Composite number} (Math.), one which can be divided exactly by a number exceeding unity, as 6 by 2 or 3..
{Composite photograph} or {Composite portrait}, one made by a combination, or blending, of several distinct photographs. --F. Galton.
{Composite sailing} (Naut.), a combination of parallel and great circle sailing.
{Composite ship}, one with a wooden casing and iron frame.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Roman \Ro"man\, adjective [L. Romanus, fr. Roma Rome: cf. F. romain. Cf. {Romaic}, {Romance}, {Romantic}.]
1. Of or pertaining to Rome, or the Roman people; like or characteristic of Rome, the Roman people, or things done by Romans; as, Roman fortitude; a Roman aqueduct; Roman art.
2. Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic religion; professing that religion.
3. (Print.) (a) Upright; erect; -- said of the letters or kind of type ordinarily used, as distinguished from Italic characters. (b) Expressed in letters, not in figures, as I., IV., i., iv., etc.; -- said of numerals, as distinguished from the Arabic numerals, 1, 4, etc.
{Roman alum} (Chem.), a cubical potassium alum formerly obtained in large quantities from Italian alunite, and highly valued by dyers on account of its freedom from iron.
{Roman balance}, a form of balance nearly resembling the modern steelyard. See the Note under {Balance}, noun, 1.
{Roman candle}, a kind of firework (generally held in the hand), characterized by the continued emission of shower of sparks, and the ejection, at intervals, of brilliant balls or stars of fire which are thrown upward as they become ignited.
{Roman Catholic}, of, pertaining to, or the religion of that church of which the pope is the spiritual head; as, a Roman Catholic priest; the Roman Catholic Church.
{Roman cement}, a cement having the property of hardening under water; a species of hydraulic cement.
{Roman nose}, a nose somewhat aquiline.
{Roman ocher}, a deep, rich orange color, transparent and durable, used by artists. --Ure.
{Roman order} (Arch.), the composite order. See {Composite}, a., 2.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
1. A native, or permanent resident, of Rome; a citizen of Rome, or one upon whom certain rights and privileges of a Roman citizen were conferred.
2. Roman type, letters, or print, collectively; -- in distinction from Italics.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjective
1: relating to or characteristic of people of Rome; "Roman virtues"; "his Roman bearing in adversity"; "a Roman nose"
2: of or relating to or derived from Rome (especially ancient Rome); "Roman architecture"; "the old Roman wall" [syn: {Roman}, {Romanic}]
3: characteristic of the modern type that most directly represents the type used in ancient Roman inscriptions
4: of or relating to or supporting Romanism; "the Roman Catholic Church" [syn: {Roman}, {R.C.}, {Romanist}, {romish}, {Roman Catholic}, {popish}, {papist}, {papistic}, {papistical}]
noun
2: an inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire
3: a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions [syn: {roman}, {roman type}, {roman letters}, {roman print}]
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