Meaning

2 senses
  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.

    Komponente, Komponenten

    компоне́нтkomponént, составна́я частьsostavnája častʹ

    компоне́нтkomponént

  2. A connected subgraph that is not part of any larger connected subgraph.

    an abstract part of something

Examples

59 sentences
  1. Thread is the basic component of fabric.

    Нитка — це основний компонент тканини. — oromashka

    ruНить - это основной компонент ткани. — Pereskaz

  2. Is an object that has had all of its components replaced still the same object?

    Якщо у чомусь замінити всі складові частини, чи це залишиться тією самою річчю? — deniko

    deIst ein Gegenstand, dessen sämtliche Bestandteile ausgetauscht wurden, noch immer derselbe Gegenstand? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. There's a deeper component at work.

  4. The relevant components should be installed.

  5. What is an essential component of making money?

    deWas ist ein wichtiger Bestandteil, um Geld zu verdienen? — stevesanterre

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
smaller, self-contained part of larger entity:
Русский
By meaning 1
smaller, self-contained part of larger entity:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
smaller, self-contained part of larger entity:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin compōnēns, compōnēntis, present participle of compōnō (“assemble, put

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

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Forms

plural: components
Singularcomponent
Pluralcomponents

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

31 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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