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component

[ kuhm-poh-nuhnt, kom- ]

noun

  1. a constituent part; element; ingredient.
  2. a part of a mechanical or electrical system:

    They checked the pads, rotors, and other components of my car's brake system.

  3. Physics. the projection of a vector quantity, as force or velocity, along an axis.
  4. Physical Chemistry. one of the set of the minimum number of chemical constituents by which every phase of a given system can be described.
  5. Mathematics.
    1. a connected subset of a set, not contained in any other connected subset of the set.
    2. a coordinate of a vector.
  6. Linguistics.
    1. one of the major subdivisions of a generative grammar: Compare level ( def 17 ).

      base component;

      transformational component;

      semantic component;

      phonological component.

    2. a feature determined by componential analysis.


adjective

  1. being or serving as an element (in something larger); composing; constituent:

    the component parts of a computer system.

component

/ kəmˈpəʊnənt; ˌkɒmpəˈnɛnʃəl /

noun

  1. a constituent part or aspect of something more complex

    a component of a car

  2. 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
  3. maths
    1. one of a set of two or more vectors whose resultant is a given vector
    2. the projection of this given vector onto a specified line
  4. one of the minimum number of chemically distinct constituents necessary to describe fully the composition of each phase in a system See phase rule
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. forming or functioning as a part or aspect; constituent
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • componential, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • dz··Ա·پ [kom-p, uh, -, nen, -sh, uh, l], dzp·Աt adjective
  • dz·nԳ· adjective
  • ܲcdz·nԳ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of component1

First recorded in 1555–65; from Latin dzōԱԳ- (stem of dzōŧԲ, present participle of dzōԱ “to put together”), equivalent to com- com- + ō() “to put” + -ent- -ent
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of component1

C17: from Latin dzōԱ to put together, from ōԱ to place, put
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Synonym Study

See element.
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The problem is that supply chains have become so international, components in any given product could be sourced from all corners of the planet.

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Industry publication Screen Daily said the film was "shot, one suspects, with a touch of guerrilla ingenuity... Last Swim also has a palpably improvised component in the friends' genially pitched running banter."

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Many of those companies rely on components often manufactured in Asia.

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“So when you see gaps in the social services, when you see that another component of government has been taken over by an anti-person perspective and says, ‘those people aren't valued,’ librarians have stepped up.”

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Federal health officials said Friday that cuts to HIV prevention efforts, a key component of many harm reduction programs, are already in motion.

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