Component

Component

Component may refer to:

Usage

Component may refer to:

  • System components, the constituents of a system
  • Electronic components, the constituents of electronic circuits
  • Component ingredient, the main ingredient in a dish
  • Component video, a type of analog video information that is transmitted or stored as two or more separate signals
  • Symmetrical components, in electrical engineering, analysis of unbalanced three-phase power systems
  • Component-based software engineering, a field of study within software engineering dealing with software components, reusable software elements with a specification
  • Component (UML), definition of component in the Unified Modeling Language
  • Component (thermodynamics), a chemically distinct constituent of a phase of a system
  • Lumped component, a model of spatially distributed systems
  • Component (VTA), a light-rail station in San Jose, California
  • Software component, part of the starting platform for service orientation throughout software engineering

Mathematical terms

  • Component (group theory), a quasisimple subnormal subgroup
  • Connected component (graph theory), a maximal connected subgraph
  • Connected component (topology) in topology, a maximal connected subspace of a topological space
  • Vector component, a term in the decomposition of a vector into various directions such as axial, radial or tangential

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  • component — COMPONÉNT, Ă, componenţi, te, adj., subst. 1. adj. Care intră ca parte într un întreg; alcătuitor. ♦ (Substantivat, f.) Element component (1). 2. s.n. (chim.) Fiecare dintre substanţele sau speciile moleculare ale unui sistem fizico chimic. 3.… …   Dicționar Român

  • component — com‧po‧nent [kəmˈpəʊnənt ǁ ˈpoʊ ] noun [countable] 1. one part of something: component of • Gas will continue to be a major component of the country s energy supply mix. • The main component of any school s budget will be the cost of staff. • The …   Financial and business terms

  • component — I noun aspect, basic substance, complement, component part, constituent, constituent part, content, division, element, elementary unit, factor, feature, fragment, fundamental part, ingredient, installment, integral part, item, material part, one… …   Law dictionary

  • Component — Com*po nent (k[o^]m*p[=o] nent), a. [L. componens, p. pr. of componere. See {Compound}, v. t.] Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting; constituent. [1913 Webster] The component parts of natural bodies. Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Component — Com*po nent, n. A constituent part; an ingredient. [1913 Webster] {Component of force} (Mech.), a force which, acting conjointly with one or more forces, produces the effect of a single force or resultant; one of a number of forces into which a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • component — [adj] constituent basic, composing, elemental, fundamental, inherent, integral, intrinsic, part and parcel of*, part of; concepts 546,567 component [n] part, element constituent, factor, fixings, ingredient, item, making, makings, peripheral,… …   New thesaurus

  • Component — Component. См. Компонент. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …   Словарь металлургических терминов

  • component — 1640s, constitutional element (earlier one of a group of persons, 1560s), from L. componentem (nom. componens), prp. of componere to put together (see COMPOSITE (Cf. composite)). As an adj., from 1660s …   Etymology dictionary

  • component — constituent, ingredient, *element, factor Analogous words: member, *part, detail, portion, piece: *item, particular Antonyms: composite: complex Contrasted words: *mixture, compound, blend, admixture, amalgam …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • component — ► NOUN ▪ a part or element of a larger whole. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ being part of a larger whole. ORIGIN from Latin componere put together …   English terms dictionary

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