component
A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.
Example
“A CPU is a component of a computer.”
Other meanings
A connected subgraph that is not part of any larger connected subgraph.
Synonyms
- constituent
- element
- factor
- ingredient
Related words
- componentless
- component video
- connected component
- discrete component
- Fatou component
- multi-component
- recognized component
- Reeb component
- spatial component
- strongly connected component
- per-component
- bicomponent
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "componens" (compōnēns, compōnēntis).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “component” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.