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compositries

compositries is the plural of compositry.

Meaning of compositry

Noun

compositry (plural compositries)

  1. (illustration) The use, especially in law enforcement, of ready-made images of portions of an object to compose a picture of the entire object, such as the face of a person described by eyewitnesses.
    • This article examines issues in composite drawing and examines different methods for conducting witness interviews necessary to compositry.1988, F. J. Domingo, "Forensic Art: Concepts and Approaches in Composite Interviewing," Journal of Forensic Identification, vol. 38, no. 6, p. 259, annotation

Questions about compositries

What is compositries the plural of?
Compositries is the plural of compositry.

Words near compositries in the dictionary

  1. compositorially
  2. compositors
  3. compositous
  4. compositress
  5. compositresses
  6. compositries
  7. compositry
  8. compositum
  9. compositums
  10. composograph
  11. composographs

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