compositry
compositry noun: 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.
Noun
compositry (plural compositries)
- 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
- In recent decades, other attempts have been made at three-dimensional compositry, most notably by Fernado Poncé of the Los Angeles Police Department.2001, Karen T. Taylor, Forensic Art and Illustration, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 206
Forms of compositry
| plural | compositries |
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Origin of compositry
From composite + -ry.
Questions about compositry
- What does compositry mean?
- Compositry means 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.
- What part of speech is compositry?
- Compositry is a noun.
- What is the plural of compositry?
- The plural of compositry is compositries.
Words near compositry in the dictionary
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