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composition

[kom-puh-zish-uhn] / ˌkɒm pəˈzɪʃ ən /




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Inching his way toward its melody and then playing it outright, he explores its harmonic implications and its relationship to the sturdy yet bouncing bass line upon which his composition is built.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Each spectrum acts as a distinctive fingerprint, revealing information about a star's temperature and chemical composition.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

"When we get the sample back, we'll be able to look in detail at its chemistry and its mineral composition - and the two hypotheses will produce very distinct results," said Sara Russell.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Atmospheric behavior can provide important clues about a planet's chemical composition, physical conditions, and overall environment.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

I didn’t have a typewriter, and so I wrote everything in black-and-white-covered composition books.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers

After experimenting with different angles and compositions, he captured a moment that reveals the extraordinary effort involved in this seemingly simple task.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

It remains one of R.E.M.’s strongest compositions, an entire sonic landscape that morphs instantly into a whole other world.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

Livia’s students perform a kind of greatest hits of the novel’s signal compositions, each one emphasizing something different and intimately revealing in their playing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

"This is the first time we've had the statistical power to see that trend across a large sample of stars in six galaxies, all with different chemical compositions," Telford said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

Besides, these colorful compositions of insects and plants were much more artistically pleasing than Goedart’s rows of specimens on a white background.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman


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