compositry
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
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.
Example Sentences
- "This article examines issues in composite drawing and examines different methods for conducting witness interviews necessary to compositry."
- "In recent decades, other attempts have been made at three-dimensional compositry, most notably by Fernado Poncé of the Los Angeles Police Department."
- "The single most common proportional mistake in both compositry and fine art portraits is making the nose too long in relation to the face drawn."
Etymology
From composite + -ry.