component
[ kuh m-poh-nuh nt, kom- ]
/ kəmˈpoʊ nənt, kɒm- /
noun
adjective
being or serving as an element (in something larger); composing; constituent: the component parts of a computer system.
Origin of component
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, nounWords nearby component
complimentary close,
compline,
complot,
comply,
compo,
component,
component of complement,
componential analysis,
componentry,
compony,
comport
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British Dictionary definitions for component
component
/ (kəmˈpəʊnənt) /
noun
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
adjective
forming or functioning as a part or aspect; constituent
Derived forms of component
componential (ˌkɒmpəˈnɛnʃəl), adjectiveWord Origin for component
C17: from Latin
compōnere to put together, from
pōnere to place, put