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subcomponent

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

Definitions of subcomponent word

  • noun subcomponent a constituent part; element; ingredient. 1
  • noun subcomponent a part of a mechanical or electrical system: hi-fi components. 1
  • noun subcomponent Physics. the projection of a vector quantity, as force or velocity, along an axis. 1
  • noun subcomponent Physical Chemistry. one of the set of the minimum number of chemical constituents by which every phase of a given system can be described. 1
  • noun subcomponent Mathematics. a connected subset of a set, not contained in any other connected subset of the set. a coordinate of a vector. 1
  • noun subcomponent Linguistics. one of the major subdivisions of a generative grammar: base component; transformational component; semantic component; phonological component. Compare level (def 16). a feature determined by componential analysis. 1
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Origin of subcomponent

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 Subcomponent

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

subcomponent 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.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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