a. | 1. | Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting; constituent. | |||
n. | 1. | A constituent part; an ingredient.
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Noun | 1. | component - an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech" |
2. | component - something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach" | |
3. | component - an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system; "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system" Synonyms: constituent, element |
(programming) | component - An object adhering to a component architecture. |