English Explanatory Dictionary

compositry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

compositry compositries

Etymology

From composite + -ry.

Related words

composite composite sketch
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