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Definition of Component
1. Noun. An abstract part of something. "Humor: an effective ingredient of a speech"
Specialized synonyms: Be All And End All, Be-all And End-all, Plot Element, Point
Generic synonyms: Division, Part, Section
Derivative terms: Compose, Factorize
2. Noun. Something determined in relation to something that includes it. "The animal constituent of plankton"
Specialized synonyms: Substance, Language Unit, Linguistic Unit, Item, Point, Butt, Base, Basis, Detail, Item, Particular, Unit, Member, Balance, Remainder, Residual, Residue, Residuum, Rest, Subpart
Generic synonyms: Relation
Group relationships: Meronymy, Part To Whole Relation
Derivative terms: Partial
3. Noun. An artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system. "A component or constituent element of a system"
Specialized synonyms: Accessory, Add-on, Appurtenance, Supplement, Add-on, Addition, Improver, Audio, Auto Part, Car Part, Crystal, Computer Hardware, Hardware, Heating Element, Ingredient, Input, Landside, Making, Module, Pel, Picture Element, Pixel, Retrofit, Spare, Spare Part, Spark Gap
Generic synonyms: Part, Portion
Derivative terms: Constitute, Elementary
Definition of Component
1. a. Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting; constituent.
2. n. A constituent part; an ingredient.
Definition of Component
1. Noun. A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device. ¹
2. Adjective. Making up a larger whole; as a component word. ¹
3. Adjective. Made up of smaller complete units in combination; as a component stereo. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Component
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Component
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Component
Literary usage of Component
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1890)
"US silk, or of which silk is the component material of chief value." This is a
special enumeration rather than the other. This idea was presented in Salomon ..."
2. The Elements of Sociology: A Text-book for Colleges and Schools by Franklin Henry Giddings (1898)
"A component society is wholly or partly a genetic aggregation. The smaller
component groups, including families and sometimes villages, may be products of ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"Both component harmonic curves and the com- of both axles over 1, ... Absence of
phase difference in the component harmonics of the particle at the origin ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"Both component harmonic curves and the com- of both axles over 1, ... Absence of
phase difference in the component harmonics of the particle at the origin ..."
5. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"To completely understand, therefore, the nature of a complex vibration, it is
necessary to know the component simple vibrations, then to determine the ..."
6. The Phase Rule and Its Applications by Alexander Findlay (1904)
"The most familiar examples of equilibria in a one-component system are ...
The system consists of one component, because all three phases have the same ..."
7. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1914)
"For paths between A and Ba particle would collide with M on rebounding from N
but the component Pig. j.—A diagram illustrating how translational motion ..."
8. A Grammar of the German Language: Designed for a Thoro and Practical Study by George Oliver Curme (1922)
"Many of these nouns are modern formations, as 'Überschlag, and tho formed from
verbs with the accent upon the second component of the compound, ..."
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