component

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

• (US) IPA^(key): /kʌmˈpoʊnənt/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

component (plural components)

1. A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.

   A CPU is a component of a computer.

   • 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist:

     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.

• componentless
• per-component

component (not comparable)

1. Making up a larger whole; as a component word.
2. Made up of smaller complete units in combination; as a component stereo.

component

1. present participle of compondre

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

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: com‧po‧nent
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

component f or m (plural componenten, diminutive componentje n)

1. component

• onderdeel

component

1. third-person plural future active indicative of componō

• (component): componentă

Borrowed from Italian componente, German Komponente, from Latin compōnēns.

• IPA^(key): /kom.poˈnent/

component n (plural componente)

1. component

component m (plural componenți, feminine equivalent componentă)

1. member of a team or other group

component m or n (feminine singular componentă, masculine plural componenți, feminine and neuter plural componente)

1. component