component
/kʌmpˈoʊnʌnt/
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Definitions
Noun
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"
Noun
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"
Noun
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"
More Specific Terms
accessory
addition
add-on
appurtenance
audio
auto part
balance
base
basis
be all and end all
be-all and end-all
butt
car part
computer hardware
crystal
detail
hardware
heating element
improver
ingredient
input
item
landside
language unit
linguistic unit
making
member
module
particular
pel
picture element
pixel
plot element
point
remainder
residual
residue
residuum
rest
retrofit
spare
spare part
spark gap
subpart
substance
supplement
unit