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componental

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com⋅po⋅nent

  [kuhm-poh-nuhnt, kom-]
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–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.
a. a connected subset of a set, not contained in any other connected subset of the set.
b. a coordinate of a vector.
6. Linguistics.
a. one of the major subdivisions of a generative grammar: base component; transformational component; semantic component; phonological component. Compare level (def. 16).
b. a feature determined by componential analysis.
–adjective
7. being or serving as an element (in something larger); composing; constituent: the component parts of a computer system.
Origin:
1555–65; < L compōnent- (s. of compōnēns, prp. of compōnere to put together), equiv. to com- com- + pōn(ere) to put + -ent- -ent

Related forms:
com⋅po⋅nen⋅tial  [kom-puh-nen-shuhl] , com⋅po⋅nen⋅tal, adjective
com⋅po⋅nent⋅ed, adjective

Synonyms:
1. See element.
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Word Origin & History

component 
1645, from L. componentem (nom. componens), prp. of componere "to put together" (see composite).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: com·po·nent
Pronunciation: k&m-'pO-n&nt, 'käm-", käm-'
Function: noun
: a constituent part components of the pancreas>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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