component
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: base component;transformational component;semantic component;phonological component.: Compare level (def. 17).
a feature determined by componential analysis.
being or serving as an element (in something larger); composing; constituent: the component parts of a computer system.
Origin of component
1synonym study For component
Other words from component
- com·po·nen·tial [kom-puh-nen-shuhl], /ˌkɒm pəˈnɛn ʃəl/, com·po·nen·tal, adjective
- com·po·nent·ed, adjective
- sub·com·po·nent, noun
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How to use component in a sentence
Reduction is not best choice when you want a major change in consistency or for stews where there is risk of overcooking its other components.
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Best weighted blanket: Sleep like a baby with our comfy bedding picks | PopSci Commerce Team | February 12, 2021 | Popular-ScienceWith the budget price, you’ll get lighter components—which means you may not get as many years out of it with heavy use.
When it comes to heated blankets that have wiring, electrical components, or batteries, washability isn’t always possible.
Best heated throw blanket: Bundle up with these electric blankets | PopSci Commerce Team | February 11, 2021 | Popular-ScienceWith one major component, the team was able to mimic key brain processes—neuron firing, synapse processing, and learning—at an atomic scale.
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Lakes on Titan are full of methane, and the chemical is a major component of the giant planets Jupiter, Neptune, and so forth.
But it is the designs for less formal occasions where Kate has found a fundamental component of her working wardrobe.
Ultimately it is liberty, of which artistic freedom is a key component, which distinguishes the Jewish State from its enemies.
Another toxic component of the fuel was hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene, a form of rubber.
SpaceShipTwo Flew on Untested Rocket | Dave Majumdar, Clive Irving | October 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNo doubt that a military component must be part of this approach.
In the Fight Against ISIS, Islam Is Part of the Solution | Dean Obeidallah | September 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe flute, a component part of the organ, is one of the most ancient of musical instruments.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerAvowe is all one word, though its component parts were often written apart.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerIf the web is a braced web, then the vertical component of the stress in the web bars cut by the section must be equal to S.
In such cases it is extremely likely that an ion of the salt in question forms a complex ion with a component of the solution.
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2. | Julius StieglitzThe sign always denotes the character of the charge on the first component written in the subscript to .
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2. | Julius Stieglitz
British Dictionary definitions for component
/ (kəmˈpəʊnənt) /
a constituent part or aspect of something more complex: a component of a car
Also called: element 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
forming or functioning as a part or aspect; constituent
Origin of component
1Derived forms of component
- componential (ˌkɒmpəˈnɛnʃəl), adjective
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