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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COMPONENT, a. Literally, setting or placing together; hence, composing; constituting; forming a compound; as the component parts of a plant or fossil substance; the component parts of a society.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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: component, 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"; "the animal constituent of plankton" [syn: part, portion, component part, component, constituent]
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: component, constituent, element]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Latin component-, componens, present participle of componere to put together — more at compound Date: 1645 1. a constituent part ; ingredient <an important component of the program> <stereo components> 2. a. any one of the vector terms added to form a vector sum or resultant b. a coordinate of a vector; also either member of an ordered pair of numbers Synonyms: see element • componential adjective II. adjective Date: 1664 serving or helping to constitute ; constituent <component parts>

U.S. Military Dictionary

1. One of the subordinate organizations that constitute a joint force. Normally a joint force is organized with a combination of Service and functional components. (JP 1) 2. In logistics, a part or combination of parts having a specific function, which can be installed or replaced only as an entity. (JP 4-0) Also called COMP. See also functional component command; Service component command.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. 1 a part of a larger whole, esp. part of a motor vehicle. 2 Math. one of two or more vectors equivalent to a given vector. --adj. being part of a larger whole (assembled the component parts). Derivatives: componential adj. Etymology: L componere component- (as COM-, ponere put)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. The component parts of natural bodies. --Sir I. Newton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Component Com*po"nent, n. A constituent part; an ingredient. 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(components) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The components of something are the parts that it is made of. Enriched uranium is a key component of a nuclear weapon... The management plan has four main components... They were automotive component suppliers to motor manufacturers. N-COUNT 2. The component parts of something are the parts that make it up. Gorbachev failed to keep the component parts of the Soviet Union together... Polish workers will now be making component parts for Boeing 757s. ADJ: ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. a. Composing, constituting, constituent. II. n. Constituent, element, ingredient, component part.

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