合ごう成せい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

composition; synthesis; combining

General term for putting things together to form a new whole, used in chemistry, materials, music, and abstract contexts.

• この薬くすりは化か学がく合ごう成せいで作つくられています。

  This medicine is made by chemical synthesis.

• 複ふく数すうの素そ材ざいを合ごう成せいして新あたらしい合ごう金きんを開かい発はつした。

  They developed a new alloy by combining several materials.

noun

composite photo; photomontage

Specifically a photograph created by combining multiple images; often used in technical or artistic contexts.

• このポスターは複ふく数すうの写しゃ真しんを合ごう成せいして作つくられました。

  This poster was made by compositing several photos.

noun

function composition

Mathematical term for applying one function to the result of another; often written as (f ∘ g)(x).

• 関かん数すうの合ごう成せいは数すう学がくの基き本ほん的てきな操そう作さの一ひとつです。

  Function composition is one of the basic operations in mathematics.