Definitions for component

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component com·po·nent

Spelling: [kuh m-poh-nuh nt, kom-]

IPA: /kəmˈpoʊ nənt, kɒm-/

Component is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 255 anagrams from letters in component (cemnnoopt).

Definitions for component

noun

1. a constituent part; element; ingredient.
2. a part of a mechanical or electrical system:
3. Physics. the projection of a vector quantity, as force or velocity, along an axis.
4. Physical Chemistry. one of the set of the minimum number of chemical constituents by which every phase of a given system can be described.
5. Mathematics. a connected subset of a set, not contained in any other connected subset of the set. a coordinate of a vector.
6. Linguistics. one of the major subdivisions of a generative grammar: Compare level (def 16). a feature determined by componential analysis.

adjective

1. being or serving as an element (in something larger); composing; constituent:

Origin of component

1555-65; Latin compōnent- (stem of compōnēns, present participle of compōnere to put together), equivalent to com- com- + pōn(ere) to put + -ent- Examples for component

The Volcker Rule, a component of the far-reaching Dodd-Frank law, required large banks to cut back on proprietary trading.

As his eyes glowed, it resolved itself into its component specks.

But among the most effective fighters are those affiliated with the Nusra Front, a component of al Qaeda.

We fight the sex industry in general, not its component parts.

This factor seems to jibe with our overall rankings more than any other component.

Heck, all sports are basically weird activities if you take the time to actually examine the component parts.

The force enters into the mores and becomes a component in them.

At this suggestion the component parts of his nature began a discussion.

The hyphen is used between the component parts of some compound words.

The fleet was an anomaly, and each of its component parts was separately a freak.