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com⋅po⋅nent
[kuh
m-poh-nuhnt, kom-] 
–noun
| 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.
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| 6. | Linguistics.
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–adjective
| 7. | being or serving as an element (in something larger); composing; constituent: the component parts of a computer system. |
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| com·po·nent (kəm-pō'nənt) n.
[From Latin compōnēns, compōnent-, present participle of compōnere, to put together : com-, com- + pōnere, to put; see apo- in Indo-European roots.] com'po·nen'tial (kŏm'pə-něn'shəl) adj. |
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Component
Com*po"nent\ (k[o^]m*p[=o]"nent), a. [L. componens, p. pr. of componere. See Compound, v. t.] Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting; constituent. The component parts of natural bodies. --Sir I. Newton.Component
Com*po"nent\, n. A constituent part; an ingredient. Component of force (Mech.), a force which, acting conjointly with one or more forces, produces the effect of a single force or resultant; one of a number of forces into which a single force may be resolved.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : component
Spanish:
pieza,
German:
der (Bestand-)Teil,
Japanese:
部品
component
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: com·po·nent
Pronunciation: k&m-'pO-n&nt, 'käm-", käm-'
Function: noun
: a constituent part
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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component programming
An object adhering to a component architecture.
(1997-11-20)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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