All 3 Uses of
component
in
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- The reason why it was published in the form of a micro sub meson electronic component is that if it were printed in normal book form, an interstellar hitchhiker would require several inconveniently large buildings to carry it around in.†
Chpt 3
- Further circuits amused themselves by analyzing the molecular components of the door, and of the humanoids' brain cells.†
Chpt 11
- For years radios had been operated by means of pressing buttons and turning dials; then as the technology became more sophisticated the controls were made touch-sensitive—you merely had to brush the panels with your fingers; now all you had to do was wave your hand in the general direction of the components and hope.
Chpt 12 *components = parts (in this case, of the radio)
Definition:
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(component) a part of something