'Component' definitions:
Definition of 'component'
(from WordNet)
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" [syn: component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient]
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" [syn: part, portion, component part, component, constituent]
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" [syn: component, constituent, element]
Definition of 'Component'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Component'
From: GCIDE
- 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
Synonyms of 'component'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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