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component

com·po·nent
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kuh m-poh-nuh nt, kom-]
    • /kəmˈpoʊ nənt, kɒm-/
    • /kəmˈpəʊ.nənt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kuh m-poh-nuh nt, kom-]
    • /kəmˈpoʊ nənt, kɒm-/

Definitions of component word

  • countable noun component The components of something are the parts that it is made of. 3
  • adjective component The component parts of something are the parts that make it up. 3
  • noun component a constituent part or aspect of something more complex 3
  • noun component any electrical device, such as a resistor, that has distinct electrical characteristics and that may be connected to other electrical devices to form a circuit 3
  • noun component one of a set of two or more vectors whose resultant is a given vector 3
  • noun component the projection of this given vector onto a specified line 3
See all 28 definitions of component

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Origin of component

First appearance:

before 1555
One of the 31% oldest English words
1555-65; < Latin compōnent- (stem of compōnēns, present participle of compōnere to put together), equivalent to com- com- + pōn(ere) to put + -ent- -ent

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Parts of speech for Component

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Component

component popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

component usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for component

noun component

  • peripheral — pertaining to, situated in, or constituting the periphery: peripheral resistance on the outskirts of the battle area.
  • item — a separate article or particular: 50 items on the list.
  • factor — Christmas factor.
  • piece — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
  • segment — one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section: a segment of an orange.

adjective component

  • basic — You use basic to describe things, activities, and principles that are very important or necessary, and on which others depend.
  • fundamental — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
  • integral — of, relating to, or belonging as a part of the whole; constituent or component: integral parts.
  • inherent — existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute; inhering: an inherent distrust of strangers.
  • intrinsic — belonging to a thing by its very nature: the intrinsic value of a gold ring.
All 21 Synonyms of component

Antonyms for component

noun component

  • whole — comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.

adjective component

  • additional — Additional things are extra things apart from the ones already present.
  • secondary — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
All 3 Antonyms of component

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Related words

  • element

    A part or aspect of something abstract, especially one that is essential or characteristic.

  • microcomponent

    a hi-fi component considerably smaller than a minicomponent and much smaller than a standard-size component.

  • reactive component

    the component in an alternating-current circuit that does not contribute power because it is 90° out of phase with the voltage or current.

  • atom

    An atom is the smallest amount of a substance that can take part in a chemical reaction.

  • autonomous syntax

    an approach of generative grammar in which the syntactic component of a grammar is viewed as existing or operating independently of the semantic component and abstract syntactic representation is not equivalent to semantic representation.

  • chemical potential

    a thermodynamic function of a substance in a system that is the partial differential of the Gibbs function of the system with respect to the number of moles of the substance
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