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component en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /kəmˈpoʊ.nənt/ (General-American)
  • /kəmˈpoʊ.nɪnt/ (Canada)
  • /kəmˈpəʊ.nənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin compōnēns, compōnēntis, present participle of compōnō (“assemble, put together”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Making up a larger whole.
    • a component word
  2. (not-comparable) Made up of smaller complete units in combination.
    • a component stereo

component en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /kəmˈpoʊ.nənt/ (General-American)
  • /kəmˈpoʊ.nɪnt/ (Canada)
  • /kəmˈpəʊ.nənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin compōnēns, compōnēntis, present participle of compōnō (“assemble, put together”).

Meanings

  1. A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.
    • Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis:[…]. The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light. The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the “water-oxidizing complex”, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom. 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist:
    • A CPU is a component of a computer.
    • Lying is a key component of communism. 2020 April 17, Yi Yan, “Chinese People Are Victims of the Chinese Communist Party's Lies”, in Minghui:
  2. A connected subgraph that is not part of any larger connected subgraph.

Forms

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Deriveds

eigencomponent · intracomponent · hemocomponent · spatial component · componential · nanocomponent · componentization · Reeb component · per-component · componental · Fatou component · component-oriented · macrocomponent · componentry · intercomponent · recognized component · componentise · component video · bicomponent · tricomponent · discrete component · phytocomponent · componentless · unicomponent · monocomponent · multicomponent · microcomponent · strongly connected component · subcomponent · componence · componentwise · connected component · componentize · componented · multi-component · biocomponent

Translations (87)

cy darn (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · ar مُكَوِّن (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · ca component (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · ja 部分 (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · pl podzespół (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · de Komponenten (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · ms komponen (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · sq përbërës (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · pdt Poat (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · ar جُزْء (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · ro componentă (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · tr bileşen (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · eo komponanto (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · la pars (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · sv komponent (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · hu összetevő (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · fi komponentti (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · it componente (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · mk компонента (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · nb bestanddel (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · tr parça (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · ru составна́я часть (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · et komponent (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · el εξάρτημα (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · da komponent (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · hy բաղադրիչ (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · hu rész (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · ur پُرْزَہ (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · ro component (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · sk súčiastka (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · nb komponent (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · hu alkotórész (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · de Komponente (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · yi קאָמפּאָנענט (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · kk құрауыш (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · da bestanddel (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · hu komponens (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · cmn 部件 (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · sv beståndsdel (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · kk сыңар (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · pt componente (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · be кампане́нт (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · vi bộ phận (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · gv co-olt (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · el συστατικό (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · be кампанэ́нт (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · ur جُزْو (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · bg компоне́нт (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · id komponen (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · es componente (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · ta அங்கம் (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · mi waehanga (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · kk құрамдас (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · ta பாகம் (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · eo ero (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · sk zložka (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · gv rink (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · mr घटक (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · is hluti (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · kk құрамбөлік (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · he מַרְכִּיב (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · fa-ira جُزْو (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · fi rakenneosa (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · ar عُنْصُر (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · fa-ira جُزْء (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · nl onderdeel (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · te భాగం (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · nl component (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · fi perusosa (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · ml ഘടകം (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · hy բաղադրամաս (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · uk компоне́нт (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · hy տարր (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · oc component (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · fa-ira هَمْنِه (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · lv komponents (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · ru компоне́нт (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · cmn 元件 (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · nn komponent (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · bg съста́вна част (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · cs součástka (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · ka კომპონენტი (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · fr composant (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · gl compoñente (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · ko 부분 (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · fa-ira مُؤَلِّفِه (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity) · he רְכִיב (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity)