component
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• noun
A part or element of a larger whole, especially a part of a machine, vehicle, or electronic system.
"Trust is a vital component of any successful business partnership."
One of the set of minimum necessary coordinates or projections required to specify a vector or tensor along a given axis (in mathematics and physics).
"The students calculated the horizontal and vertical components of the projectile's velocity."
• adjective
Constituting part of a larger whole; constituent.
"The mechanic carefully inspected each of the component parts of the engine before reassembling it."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-16th century from Latin 'componentem', the present participle of 'componere' ('to put together or assemble'), formed from 'com-' ('together') and 'ponere' ('to place').