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incomposite, a. (n.)|ɪnˈkɒmpəzɪt|
[ad. L. incomposit-us, f. in- (in-3) + compositus composite.]
1. Not composite; not composed of parts; simple, uncompounded. Also as n. Something simple or uncompounded.
1677Gale Crt. Gentiles iv. 253 Thus Damascene, Orthodox. Fid. I. i. c. 15... ‘The Deitie is not a composite: but in three perfect (Persons) one perfect, indivisible and incomposite (Essence)’. 1788T. Taylor Proclus I. 44 Substances destitute of parts, simple, incomposite and indivisible. Ibid. 133 All the rest..he denominates incomposites.
b. Arith. incomposite number: a number not composed of factors, a prime number. ? Obs.
1706Phillips s.v. Number, Prime, Simple, or Incomposit Number..is a Number, which can only be measur'd or divided by it self, or by Unity, without leaving any Remainder. 1776Hutton in Phil. Trans. LXVI. 479 The..incomposite number 239.
2. Not properly composed or put together.
1879Swinburne Study Shaks. ii. (1880) 97 The whole structure of the play if judged by any strict rule of pure art is incomposite and incongruous, wanting in unity, consistency, and coherence of interest. |