component

The definition of component means one part of a whole thing.

(noun)

See component in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

serving as one of the parts of a whole; constituent

Origin: L componens, prp. of componere: see composite

noun

1. an element or ingredient
2. any of the main constituent parts, as of a high-fidelity sound system
any of the elements into which a vector quantity, as force or velocity, may be resolved: any vector is the sum of its elements

See component in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A constituent element, as of a system. See Synonyms at element.
A part of a mechanical or electrical complex.
Mathematics One of a set of two or more vectors having a sum equal to a given vector.
Any of the minimum number of substances required to specify completely the composition of all phases of a chemical system.

adjective

Being or functioning as a constituent or an ingredient.

Origin:

Origin: From Latin compōnēns, compōnent-

Origin: , present participle of compōnere, to put together

Origin: : com-, com-

Origin: + pōnere, to put; see apo- in Indo-European roots

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