Noun: compositum
| Singular | compositum |
| Plural | compositums |
Sample Sentences
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1998, Iain T. Adamson (translator), David Hilbert, The Theory of Algebraic Number Fields, [1897, D. Hilbert, Zahlbericht], Springer, page 98,
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Of particular interest is the case in which the discriminants of the fields forming the compositum are relatively prime.
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For #92;Q, we get the maximal abelian extension by adjoining all roots of unity, i.e., taking compositum of all m-th cyclotomic fields (this is the famous Kronecker-Weber theorem). [2004, Dinesh S. Thakur, Function Field Arithmetic, World Scientific, page 81:]
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This is then just the field compositum of all the quadratic extensions F(#92;sqrt#123;a#95;i#125;) in the algebraic closure of F. [2005, T. Y. Lam, Introduction to Quadratic Forms over Fields, American Mathematical Society, page 333:]
Nouns inflected like compositum
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Latin compositum. See: Latin Nouns '
compositum'.