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I am studying the paper Composita and its Properties by Vladimir V. Kruchinin and Dmitry V. Kruchinin. When I make my notes, the translation of the word composita causes me confusion, since I speak Spanish. Can someone please help me with a proper translation?

Rodrigo de Azevedo
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Luis Alexandher
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    They provide the definition of composita at the beginning of section two. So, it's not a matter of languages. – Schach21 Oct 07 '21 at 23:38
  • The definition is clear to me, but in translation it confuses me with the word "composition". – Luis Alexandher Oct 07 '21 at 23:40
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    their definition does involve the composition of integers. To avoid confusion just think of the word composita in Spanish as its own word. The word composita does not even exist in English. – Schach21 Oct 07 '21 at 23:47
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    Though they think it is Latinate: section 4 uses the plural compositae – Henry Oct 07 '21 at 23:49
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    Someone with better Latin than me should check this, but I think "composita" is the feminine form of a Latin adjective meaning "collected together". The Latin word "functio" from which our word "function" is derived is feminine. So I think the authors wanted a Latin term that suggested some kind of collected together thing and chose "composita" (rather than "compositus" or "compositum") because the thing they had in mind is a function. So my conclusion supported by @Henry's comment is that it's Latin and doesn't need translating. – Rob Arthan Oct 08 '21 at 00:20

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As stated in the comments, it's a word they adopted/borrowed from Latin (composita the feminine form of compositus, the past participle of "compōnēre", to put together, to build, etc. (see here; they also use its Latin plural "compositae" later on in the paper, showing it's not the neuter singular that they mean).

So there is no need to translate it, just leave the Latin word. In Spanish the word compositus became compuesto. So the modern feminine form would be "compuesta" if you really wanted one.

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