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  1. In mathematics, a function made up of two or
  2. more other functions carried out in sequence,
  3. usually denoted by * or `O', as in the
  4. relation (f * g) x = f
  5. [g(x)]. Usually, composition is not
  6. commutative; (f * g) is not necessarily the
  7. same as (g * f).
  8.