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What does composition mean?

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Noun
  1. The proportion of different parts to make a whole. [from 14th c.]
  2. The general makeup of a thing or person. [from 14th c.]
  3. (obsolete) An agreement or treaty used to settle differences; later especially, an agreement to stop hostilities; a truce. [14th-19th c.]
  4. (obsolete) An agreement to pay money in order to clear a liability or obligation; a settling. [16th-19th c.]
  5. (law) an agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor.
  6. A mixture or compound; the result of composing. [from 16th c.]
  7. An essay. [from 16th c.]
  8. (linguistics) The formation of compound words from separate words. [from 16th c.]
  9. A work of music, literature or art. [from 17th c.]
  10. (printing) Typesetting. [from 19th c.]
  11. (mathematics) Applying a function to the result of another.
  12. (obsolete) Consistency; accord; congruity.
  13. Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
  14. (painting, photography) The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.
  15. (object-oriented programming) Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones.
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