Composite order


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Composite order

n. Architecture
A classical order dating from late Roman times, formed by superimposing Ionic volutes on a Corinthian capital.
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Noun1.Composite order - a Roman order that combines the Corinthian acanthus leaves with the spiral scrolls of the Ionic order
order - (architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans
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Huck Finn is drawn from life; Tom Sawyer also, but not from an individual -- he is a combina- tion of the characteristics of three boys whom I knew, and therefore belongs to the composite order of archi- tecture.
The latter consisted of a curious mixture of walnut armchairs, disjointed, and covered with tapestry; rosewood bureaus; round tables on single pedestals, with brass railings and cracked marble tops; one superb Boulle secretary, the value of which style had not yet been recognized; in short, a chaos of bargains picked up by the worthy widow,--pictures bought for the sake of the frames, china services of a composite order; to wit, a magnificent Japanese dessert set, and all the rest porcelains of various makes, unmatched silver plate, old glass, fine damask, and a four-post bedstead, hung with curtains and garnished with plumes.
Lai's scheme and our scheme are based on the composite order bilinear group.
aACAo Composite order for railway infrastructure construction from RVNL for Rs.379 crores in a consortium
Justice (retd) Muslim observed that since a composite order needed to be passed, therefore, the issue of civil works at those hospitals within the project was deferred.
In this case, it has become infructuous, but we have to consider one composite order so that all complexities should go (away)," it said.
Under the West Northumberland (Waiting and Loading) Composite Order 2011, areas in The Square, Clap Shaw and Shildon Road and stretching to the county boundary would come under new restrictions.
The Speaker had passed the composite order on separate writ petitions by two BJP MLAs C T Ravi and D N Jeevaraj, who is also Chief Whip of BJP legislature party, and one voter each from five Assembly constituencies represented by the five MLAs, seeking their disqualification.
His SS Luca e Martina (1634), one of the first curved fronts in Baroque Rome, hasclosely packed columns in the Composite order, probably in tribute to that of the adjacent Arch of Septimius Severus, a point not mentioned by Merz.

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