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Definitions for Component
[1] a constituent part; element; ingredient.
[2] a part of a mechanical or electrical system: hi-fi components.
[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 . a connected subset of a set, not contained in any other connected subset of the set. a coordinate of a vector.
[6] Linguistics . one of the major subdivisions of a generative grammar: base component; transformational component; semantic component; phonological component. Compare level(def 16) . a feature determined by componential analysis.
[7] being or serving as an element (in something larger); composing; constituent: the component parts of a computer system.
[8] a constituent part or aspect of something more complex a component of a car
[9] 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
[10] 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
[11] one of the minimum number of chemically distinct constituents necessary to describe fully the composition of each phase in a system See phase rule
[12] forming or functioning as a part or aspect; constituent
Words related to Component
peripheral, item, factor, piece, segment, unit, ingredient, integral, fundamental, basic, constituent, fixings, making, plug-in, elemental, inherent, intrinsic
Words nearby Component
complimentary close, compline, complot, comply, compo, component, component of complement, componential analysis, componentry, compony, comport
Origin of Component
1555–65; < Latin compōnent- (stem of compōnēns, present participle of compōnere to put together), equivalent to com- com- + pōn(ere ) to put + -ent- -ent
Other words from Component
com·po·nen·tial [kom-puh -nen -shuh l] /ˌkɒm pəˈnɛn ʃəl/ , com·po·nen·tal , adjective
com·po·nent·ed , adjective
sub·com·po·nent , noun
Word origin for Component
C17: from Latin compōnere to put together, from pōnere to place, put
Synonyms for Component
basic, composing, fundamental, integral, elemental, inherent, intrinsic, part and parcel of, part of