component
See also: componënt
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin compōnēns, compōnēntis, present participle of compōnō (“assemble, put together”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
component (plural components)
- 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.
- 2020 April 17, Yi Yan, “Chinese People Are Victims of the Chinese Communist Party's Lies”, in Minghui[1]:
- Lying is a key component of communism.
Derived terms edit
- bicomponent
- biocomponent
- componence
- componental
- componented
- componential
- componentization
- componentize
- componentless
- componentry
- component video
- componentwise
- connected component
- discrete component
- eigencomponent
- Fatou component
- hemocomponent
- intercomponent
- intracomponent
- macrocomponent
- microcomponent
- monocomponent
- multi-component
- multicomponent
- nanocomponent
- per-component
- phytocomponent
- recognized component
- Reeb component
- spatial component
- strongly connected component
- subcomponent
- tricomponent
- unicomponent
Translations edit
smaller, self-contained part of larger entity
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Adjective edit
component (not comparable)
- Making up a larger whole; as a component word.
- Made up of smaller complete units in combination; as a component stereo.
Catalan edit
Verb edit
component
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English component or German Komponente, from Latin compōnēns, present participle of compōnō (“assemble, put together”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
component m (plural componenten, diminutive componentje n)
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Descendants edit
- → Indonesian: komponen
Latin edit
Verb edit
component
Romanian edit
Alternative forms edit
- componentă — component
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian componente, German Komponente, from Latin compōnēns.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
component n (plural componente)
Declension edit
Declension of component
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) component | componentul | (niște) componente | componentele |
genitive/dative | (unui) component | componentului | (unor) componente | componentelor |
vocative | componentule | componentelor |
Noun edit
component m (plural componenți, feminine equivalent componentă)
Declension edit
Declension of component
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) component | componentul | (niște) componenți | componenții |
genitive/dative | (unui) component | componentului | (unor) componenți | componenților |
vocative | componentule | componenților |
Adjective edit
component m or n (feminine singular componentă, masculine plural componenți, feminine and neuter plural componente)
Declension edit
Declension of component
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | component | componentă | componenți | componente | ||
definite | componentul | componenta | componenții | componentele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | component | componente | componenți | componente | ||
definite | componentului | componentei | componenților | componentilor |
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