[W/K] :: component

  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.
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           The component parts of natural bodies.   --Sir I.
                                                    Newton.
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  Component \Com*po"nent\, n.
     A constituent part; an ingredient.
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     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.
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  component
       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]

  109 Moby Thesaurus words for "component":
     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
  
  

  component
       
           An object adhering to a component
          architecture.
       
          (1997-11-20)