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component
[ kuhm-poh-nuhnt, kom- ]
noun
- a constituent part; element; ingredient.
- a part of a mechanical or electrical system:
They checked the pads, rotors, and other components of my car's brake system.
- Physics. the projection of a vector quantity, as force or velocity, along an axis.
- Physical Chemistry. one of the set of the minimum number of chemical constituents by which every phase of a given system can be described.
- Mathematics.
- a connected subset of a set, not contained in any other connected subset of the set.
- a coordinate of a vector.
- Linguistics.
- one of the major subdivisions of a generative grammar: Compare level ( def 17 ).
base component;
transformational component;
semantic component;
phonological component.
- a feature determined by componential analysis.
adjective
- being or serving as an element (in something larger); composing; constituent:
the component parts of a computer system.
component
/ kəmˈpəʊnənt; ˌkɒmpəˈnɛnʃəl /
noun
- a constituent part or aspect of something more complex
a component of a car
- Also calledelement any electrical device, such as a resistor, that has distinct electrical characteristics and that may be connected to other electrical devices to form a circuit
- maths
- one of a set of two or more vectors whose resultant is a given vector
- the projection of this given vector onto a specified line
- one of the minimum number of chemically distinct constituents necessary to describe fully the composition of each phase in a system See phase rule
adjective
- forming or functioning as a part or aspect; constituent
Derived Forms
- componential, adjective
Other Word Forms
- dz··Ա·پ [kom-p, uh, -, nen, -sh, uh, l], dzp·Աt adjective
- dz·nԳ· adjective
- ܲcdz·nԳ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of component1
Word History and Origins
Origin of component1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Data used by BBC Weather suggests there has often been an easterly component to the wind over the past month.
Russian media also reported that the FSB had released a video showing the detained man giving an apparent confession, as well as footage of his arrest and of the bomb's components.
Mr Bruton used 11 3D printers in his spare room to help make components for his bicycle.
Where possible, his KR1 is built with mass-produced components - the wheels are the same as you would find on an electric scooter.
This includes electronic circuits and other components that can be used in weapons systems.
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