COMPOSITION

n. Ko2m-poz-i2sh'u3n. Gr.. <rvV0ris. Lat., compositio (from componere, to put together). Fr., c. Ger., Vermengung, Ver misc hung, Zusammensetzung. 1. The act of making up a finished product by 1 he proper arrangement of its component parts, also the product itself. 2. The constitution of a compound substance, with reference to the elementary bodies and intermediate combinations that make it up and their relative quantities, arrangement, etc. 3. A compound. Structural c. See Structural FORMULA. [s. 365]