Component

Definitions

1. A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.
2. A connected subgraph that is not part of any larger connected subgraph.
3. Being or functioning as a constituent or an ingredient.
4. One of the individual entities contributing to a whole:building block, constituent, element, factor, ingredient, integrant, part.
5. Serving as part of a whole, as a nondetachable part of a larger unit:built-in, constituent, incorporated.
6. a part of a machine (eg a car), instrument (eg a radio) etc. He bought components for the television set he was repairing. bestanddeel; onderdeel; samestellende deel, komponent مُرَكِّب، عُنصُر елемент componente součást(ka) der (Bestand-)Teil del; komponent εξάρτημαpieza osa جزء ؛ سازه komponentti pièceמרכיב अवयव sastavni alkatrész komponen efnisþáttur, hlutur componente 部品 부속 elementas, komponentas sastāvdaļa; detaļa komponen onderdeeldel, komponentczęść, element جزء، برخه، ټوك ټوټه: تر كيب...
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7. componente.
8. A constituent element, as of a system. See Synonyms at element.
9. A part of a mechanical or electrical complex.
10. Mathematics One of a set of two or more vectors having a sum equal to a given vector.
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11. a constituent part or aspect of something more complex: a component of a car.
12. (Electronics) Also called: element any electrical device, such as a resistor, that has distinct electrical characteristics and that may be connected to other electrical devices to form a circuit

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Examples

“A CPU is a component of a computer.”

“Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis:[…]. The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate⟳, and a new study⟳ sheds light⟳. The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the “water-oxidizing complex”, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom.”

“Lying is a key component of communism.”

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