Component synonyms

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element
A part of a set or configuration, as a side of a triangle or a number in a matrix
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basic
Of, being, or serving as a starting point or basis:
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composing
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segment
One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion.
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unit
A single person, group, or thing, esp. as distinguished from others or as part of a whole
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factor
(Root cause analysis) Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.
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constituent
Authorized to make or revise a political constitution or establish a government
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elemental
Being an essential or basic part or parts
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ingredient
One of the substances present in a mixture.
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part (related)
A role:
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piece
An object that is one member of a group or class:
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building block
A fundamental element, fact, idea, etc. upon which something is built, developed, maintained, etc.
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portion
A part that is allotted to a person or group, as:
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regenerator
(Engineering) A device used in connection with hot-air engines, gas-burning furnaces, etc., in which the incoming air or gas is heated by being brought into contact with masses of iron, brick, etc., which have been previously heated by the outgoing, or escaping, hot air or gas.
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resistor
An electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it.
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function (related)
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fundamental (related)
(Physics) Designating or of a fundamental
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integral (related)
Essential or necessary for completeness; constituent:
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inherent
One of the individual entities contributing to a whole
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item
A line of text having a legal or other meaning; a separate particular in an account.
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member
A part or division in a system of classification
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substance
That part of a thing in which its properties inhere
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vector
(Psychology) A recurring psychosocial issue that stimulates growth and development in the personality.
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whole (antonym)
A thing complete in itself, or a complete organization of integrated parts; a unity, entirety, or system
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integrant
An integral part; constituent
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built-in
Forming a permanent or essential element or quality:
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incorporated
Formed into or organized and maintained as a legal corporation.
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component part
something determined in relation to something that includes it
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anode
The positively charged element of an electrical device, such as a vacuum tube or a diode, to which electrons are attracted.
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capacitator
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inductor
(Physics) a passive device that introduces inductance into an electrical circuit
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photocathode
A cathode that emits electrons when activated by radiation, as light
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trigatron
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structure (related)
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configuration (related)
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variable (related)
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include (related)
Serving as part of a whole, as a nondetachable part of a larger unit
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parameter (related)
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model (related)
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device (related)
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matrix (related)
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system (related)
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method (related)
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composite (related)
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mechanism (related)
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components (related)
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subsystem (related)
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Component Sentence Examples

  • The funnel varies greatly in size and number of its component cells.

  • Certainly the labor component of assembling the Mercedes could fall to nearly zero.

  • Being a component of bronze, it was used as a metal thousands of years prior to the dawn of history; but it does not follow that prehistoric bronzes were made from metallic tin.

  • Modern criticism of the history of Sabbath observance among the Hebrews has done nothing more than follow out these arguments in detail, and show that the result is in agreement with what is known as to the dates of the several component parts of the Pentateuch.

  • This extraneous influence may, however, be eliminated by surrounding the rod with a coil of wire carrying a current such as will produce in the interior a magnetic field equal and opposite to the vertical component of the earth's field.

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