a constituent part; element; ingredient.

a part of a mechanical or electrical system

hi-fi components.

Physics . the projection of a vector quantity, as force or velocity, along an axis.

Physical Chemistry . one of the set of the minimum number of chemical constituents by which every phase of a given system can be described.

Mathematics .

a connected subset of a set, not contained in any other connected subset of the set.

a coordinate of a vector.

Linguistics .

one of the major subdivisions of a generative grammar

base component; transformational component; semantic component; phonological component. Compare level def. 16

a feature determined by componential analysis.

being or serving as an element (in something larger); composing; constituent

the component parts of a computer system.

noun

whole

adjective

basic , composing , elemental , fundamental , inherent , integral , intrinsic , part and parcel of , part of , constituent , incorporated

noun

constituent , factor , fixings , ingredient , item , making , makings , peripheral , piece , plug-in , segment , unit , building block , integrant , part , basic , element , fundamental , inherent , member , substance , vector