1000000030

e o

of revml dilfmnt figures, dirpo(ed ",ilh (ymmmy,

10 adorn a pamm, a ceiling,

&fe.

compartment o( tiles, or bricks, is an ar range–

ment of them, of di A'crcnl colours, and \'arnilhed, for

lhe decoration of a

b~iIJing.

Comparlments, in gar–

dening, arl!

an"mblage of beds, plm, hordm,

walks,

cre.

di(po(ed in lhe mofl adranlagcous mano

ner lhal the gronnJ \ViII admit of. Compartments,

in heraldry, are otherwi(e callcd partitions.

COMPASS, or

l/I~rill(r'J

COMPA SS, an in(lrnmen!

whereby the Ihip's cour(e is determined. Sec NAVI–

eATlON .

A.i,nulh

COMPASS. Sec NAvleATloN.

CO'IPAS,

dioh,

are (mall horizontal di.tls, fitted in brafs

or Glver boxes, for the poáet, to filew the hour of

the day, by the direélion of a needle, that indicátes

how to place them right, by turning the di.1 about,

tiJl the eock or lIyle fland direélly over the needle,

and point io the nortbward: but thefe can nCI'er be

very exaél, becau(e

the variations of thc pCldle it–

(c1f. See DIALINe .

COMPASS¡¡:S, or

pnir o(

COMPASSES,

malhemati–

cal inHrument for dercribing cireles, mea(uring

fi–

gures,

(:fe.

The common compatrcs confill of two Iharp.pointed

branches, or legs, of iron, !leel, bra(s, or other me–

tal, joined at 10p by a rivet, \Vhereon they move as on

centre.

The principal perfeélionof lhis, as of all other com–

patres, confins in the eary a,d uniform

0l'~ning

ami

Ihutting of their legs; one of which mal' be taken out,

order to make room for others.

There are now ufed compalTes of valious kinds and

contrivances, accommodated tO the valious ures tbey

are intend d foro

COl\lPEIGN, a city of France, fituated on the river

Oyfe, about forty·6ve miles north·call of Paris: E.

long. 3

N. lat. 49° ;0'.

COMPENDIUM, in maners of literalure, denotes

much the rame witb epitome or abridgment. See A–

HIDeMENT.

COMPENSATlON, ina general renre, an aélion where–

by aDy thing is admitted as an equivalent tO another.

COM PESSATION. Where the fame perron is debtor and

creditGr to another, the mutual obligations, if they

are for eqnal fu ms, are extinguilhed by compenration ;

if for unequal, thelelfer obligation is extioguilhed, and

the greaterdiminilhed,

fu as the concourfe of ¿ebt

and credit goes. See SeoTS

L.~w,

titlc,

EXlinflioll

.MiefllionJ.

COMPETENCE, or CO>lP ETENC Y, in law, the right

or authority of a judge, for taking cognizance of any

manero

COMPETITION, in SCOlS Iaw: In

erehe~ts,

fee title,

Cofun/liú

J U(

Ih( fuptrior':

eoofirm~tions

the fuperior, in refignations,

~nd

in perfon

rights

of lands, (ee title,

Iroll!lII:flion o{ rig!11

cor.–

firlnoli,,) :

In inhibidons, in adjudie'tions, amongfl

allignees, arn-lIers, and poinders, fee

titl~.

Inhibí-

110m,

adjudicaliMJ, aflignalion¡, arrejlmenlJ, and

e o

1,.ill'/i".~/:

Amongll creditor! of a defunél, (ee tider

SllfCtJ!;,n in lIIofJtaMu.

COMPlTALlA, or CO>lPITALITIA, io Roman ,nti–

qUlt)', fea!Js infii tuted by Serviu. Tullius in honour of

the Lares. See LAR ES.

T here feans IVere obferved 00 the 12th of j anuary,

anel

611\

~Iarch .

COMl'LE i'oENT, in geommy, is \Vhat remains of

qu~drJnt

of a cirele, or of 90°, after any celtain areh

has been takcn away from it. Thus, if the arch ta.

ken alVay be 40·, its complemtnt is 50: beeaufe

5°+4=90. The fioe of thecomplement of an arch

c~lIed

the co·fine, and tbat of the tangent the co–

tangent,

ee.

COMPLEX, in a more general fenfe, a term fynony–

mous wilh compound; though, in nriélnefs of fpeech,

there is fome diffcrence. See COMPOUNO.

COM PLEX

I,"IIJ.

id(al,

in logic, are [uch as are

compounded of feveral fimple ones. See TERM , antl

IDEA .

CO~ll'LEXION,

among phyficians, the temperament,

habi lude, and natural dipofi tion of the body, but more

often the colour of the f;K;e

~nd

Ikin.

COMI'LEXUS, in anatomy. See Iiol.

p. 216.

COMP LEXU S

min_r,

in anatomy. See VoL!. p 2t6.

COMI'LlC_~TION,

.in general. denotes lhe blending,

or rather Interweavlng, o[ reveral drfferent thinp tO–

gethcr: thus

perfon aflliéled with reveral Morder,

at the rame time, is raid 10 I.bour under a complica–

tion of difrafes.

COMPOUND, COMPONI, or GOBONY, in heraldry

is f.,id of

bordure made up of angular pam,

che~uers,

of I\YO dilferent colours. Sce Plate LXV.

fig. 13.

COMPOSITE, in general, denotes fomething com–

pounded, or made up of rcveral othm united toge–

ther, Thus,

COMPOSIT E

nUMP( rJ,

are fuch

ean be

me~rored

ex.

aaly by a number exceeding unity; as 6 by 2 Or 3,

or tOby 5,

ec.

[o that 4 is tbe

10\Vell

compofite

number.

COMPos ln

_rdfr,

inarchiteélure. See Vol.

p. 352.

COMPOSITION, in a general renfe, the uniting or

putting

t~gether

reveral things, fo as to form Ooe

whole, callcd a compOltnd.

COM POS ITION

of id(oJ,

an aél of the mind, whereby ir

unites (everal Gmple ideas into one eonceplion or com–

plex idea.

When \Ve are provided with a fuflicient

1I0ck

fi mple idr.,IS, and have hy habit and ure rendmd'

them fdmiliar tOOur minds, they bcaome the compo.

nent pans of other ideas fiill more complicated, and

fo rm wlw we may caJl a recond order of compound

ootions. T his proeers may be continued to any degree

of compofition IVe pleare,-mounting from /lne llage to

anO/her, and enldrging the numher of combinations.

COIHOS ITION, in glammar, the joining' of two wOlda.

together; or prefixing a particle tO another word, to

augment, diminilh , or change its figni fication.

COM ros tTtON, in logic, a metbod of

rearonin~,

whera–