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4 definitions found 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]: componentAn {object} adhering to a {component architecture}. (1997-11-20)
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