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English

Pronunciation

  • (US)
    • IPA: /kʌmˈpoʊnənt/


Etymology

From , present participle of {{term|componere||to put together|lang=lat}}.

Adjective

  1. Making up a larger whole; as a component word.
  2. Made up of smaller complete units in combination; as a component stereo.


Noun

  1. A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.


Translations

  • Norwegian: komponent
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|componente|m}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|компонент|m|tr=komponént|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Spanish: {{t-|es|componente|m}}
  • Swedish: {{t|sv|komponent|c}}
  • Turkish:
  • Welsh: {{t-|cy|darn|m|xs=Welsh}}
  • Yiddish: קאָמפּאָנענט (komponent)

ar:component fa:component fr:component id:component it:component hu:component ml:component nl:component pt:component ru:component simple:component fi:component ta:component te:component vi:component tr:component zh:component

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
[1913 Webster]

The component parts of natural bodies. --Sir I.
Newton.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Component \Com*po"nent\, n.
A constituent part; an ingredient.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster] Compony
WordNet component
n 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" [syn: constituent,
element, factor, ingredient]
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" [syn: part, portion,
component part]
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" [syn: constituent, element]
Moby Dictionary
actuator , adjunct , air , amplifier , anode , appurtenance , aspect ,
atom , atomic particles , base , brute matter , building block ,
capacitator , cathode , chemical element , circumstance , clock ,
constituent , contents , contingent , control relay , control resistor ,
converter , cross section , detachment , detail , division , dole ,
earth , effector , electrode , element , elementary ,
elementary particle , elementary unit , factor , feature ,
feedback amplifier , filament , fire , fixings , formative , fraction ,
fundamental particle , generator , grid , hyle , hypostasis , inductor ,
ingredient , installment , integral , integrant , item , magnetic relay ,
makings , material , material world , materiality , matter ,
meter relay , modulator , molecule , monad , natural world , nature ,
oscillator , parcel , part , part and parcel , particular , percentage ,
photocathode , physical world , plate , plenum , portion ,
pressure transducer , quadrant , quarter , quota , random sample ,
reactor , regenerator , relay , reluctance amplifier , remainder ,
resistor , sample , sampling , section , sector , segment ,
servo amplifier , share , specialty , stuff , subdivision , subgroup ,
subspecies , substance , substratum , the four elements ,
thermal timing relay , transducer , transmitter , trigatron ,
unit of being , water


FOLDOC component

An object adhering to a {component
architecture}.

(1997-11-20)


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