compositional
Americanadjective
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of or relating to the process or skill of composing musical or written work.
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of or relating to the elements of a scene or picture, or the arrangement of these elements for maximum effect, as in painting or photography.
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of or relating to the parts, elements, or ingredients of a substance or the way they are combined or arranged.
Example Sentences
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I exposed for the highlights and let the shadows of the stadium create a compositionally pleasing frame as he delivered a pitch.
From BBC
It was a real-time compositional gamble, guided by instinct and trust.
From Los Angeles Times
"In addition to heat and compositional convection, the fluid-like motion of light elements may help power Earth's magnetic engine."
From Science Daily
Until now, evidence for exactly how the brain supports this kind of flexible, compositional thinking has been limited and sometimes conflicting.
From Science Daily
It starts with the gift that I gave myself and that ends up having a lot of influence on the compositional structure of the record.
From Los Angeles Times
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