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component
[ kuhm-poh-nuhnt, kom- ]
/ kÉmËpoÊ nÉnt, kÉm- /
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noun
adjective
being or serving as an element (in something larger); composing; constituent: the component parts of a computer system.
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Origin of component
synonym study for component
1. See element.
OTHER WORDS FROM component
com·po·nen·tial [kom-puh-nen-shuhl], /ËkÉm pÉËnÉn ÊÉl/, com·po·nen·tal, adjectivecom·po·nent·ed, adjectivesub·com·po·nent, nounWords nearby component
complimentary close, compline, complot, comply, compo, component, componential analysis, componentry, compony, comport, comportance
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How to use component in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for component
component
/ (kÉmËpÉÊnÉnt) /
noun
a constituent part or aspect of something more complexa 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 systemSee phase rule
adjective
forming or functioning as a part or aspect; constituent
Derived forms of component
componential (ËkÉmpÉËnÉnÊÉl), adjectiveWord Origin for component
C17: from Latin compĆnere to put together, from pĆnere to place, put
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