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a part of somethingA comprehensive dictionary will also describe more specialized senses of component.
- It has only three major components.
components = parts
- My computer isn't working properly. I just hope one of the expensive components isn't bad.
- Jealousy is a component of her character.
- The critical components are designed to survive a vacuum.Andy Weir -- The Martian
- Jonathan nods in acceptance, distracted by the task of setting up his stereo components.Jhumpa Lahiri -- The Namesake
- And if you taught me anything, its that what we hold in our hearts is truly the fiercest component of our humanity.David Baldacci -- Wish You Well
- A motorcycle may be divided for purposes of classical rational analysis by means of its component assemblies and by means of its functions.Robert M. Pirsig -- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
- It is as though the dark were resolving him out of his integrity, into an unrelated scattering of components—snuffings and stampings; smells of cooling flesh and ammoniac hair; an illusion of a co-ordinated whole of splotched hide and strong bones within which, detached and secret and familiar, an is different from my is.William Faulkner -- As I Lay Dying
- The once sleek lines were now a jagged mess of missing hull segments and empty anchor points where noncritical components used to be.Andy Weir -- The Martian
- The only things he's set up are the kitchen, the stereo components, and some of his books.Jhumpa Lahiri -- The Namesake
- Bartok plays on the stereo, expensive components scattered on the floor.Jhumpa Lahiri -- The Namesake
- They had me do a full systems check on every single component.Andy Weir -- The Martian
- The critical components are working fine, and both vehicles are back on their wheels.Andy Weir -- The Martian
- I've robbed it of all critical components and a big chunk of its canvas.Andy Weir -- The Martian
- The heaters, lighting, main computer, etc. All the components I didn't steal for the trip to Schiaparelli.Andy Weir -- The Martian
- "It's the external component of the atmospheric regulator," Mindy said.Andy Weir -- The Martian
- The imaginatively named "atmospheric regulator external component" is how the regulator freeze-separates air.Andy Weir -- The Martian
- Between the Hab components and the rover, I'll have two redundant life support systems.Andy Weir -- The Martian
- Here on Mars, supercooling is done by pumping air to a component outside the Hab.Andy Weir -- The Martian
- As I mentioned, the Big Three (atmospheric regulator, oxygenator, and water reclaimer) are critical components.Andy Weir -- The Martian
components = parts
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component = part
component = part of something
components = parts
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