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com·po·nent

UK/kəmˈpəʊ.nənt/ US/kəmˈpoʊ.nənt/ fairly common

noun

1.

an abstract part of something

  • “jealousy was a component of his character”
  • “two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony”
  • “the grammatical elements of a sentence”
  • “a key factor in her success”
  • “humor: an effective ingredient of a speech”
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2.

something determined in relation to something that includes it

  • “he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself”
  • “I read a portion of the manuscript”
  • “the smaller component is hard to reach”
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3.

an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system

  • “spare components for cars”
  • “a component or constituent element of a system”
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Origin

Borrowed from Latin compōnēns, compōnēntis, present participle of compōnō (“assemble, put together”).

Phrases

  • component video
  • connected component
  • discrete component
  • Fatou component
  • recognized component
  • Reeb component
  • spatial component
  • strongly connected component

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