Sample sentences for COMPONENT

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Definition

a part of something

A comprehensive dictionary will also describe more specialized senses of component.

components = parts

My computer isn't working properly. I just hope one of the expensive components isn't bad.

components = parts

Jealousy is a component of her character.
The critical components are designed to survive a vacuum.
Andy Weir -- The Martian

components = parts

Jonathan nods in acceptance, distracted by the task of setting up his stereo components.
Jhumpa Lahiri -- The Namesake

components = parts

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

component = part

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

component = part of something

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

components = parts

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

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