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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
component
adj : forming or functioning as part of a whole; "component
parts"; "a constituent element" [syn: {component(a)}, {constituent(a)}]
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}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
component
An {object} adhering to a {component
architecture}.
(1997-11-20)
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