All 19 Uses
component
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The Martian
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- It's the single most important component.†
p. 74.1
- It's the only component that causes a complete mission scrub if it's not working.†
p. 74.2
- It's actually two separate components.†
p. 100.6
- It's the most delicate component, and when it dies, there's no way to recover.†
p. 109.9
- Over the last twenty days, a team of JPL engineers had worked around the clock to piece together antiquated computers, repair broken components, network everything, and install hastily made software that allowed the old systems to interact with the modern Deep Space Network.†
p. 114.3
- All Hab components functional.†
p. 120.1
- Once I break the seal on the patch kit, the binary components of the resin mix and I have sixty seconds before it hardens.†
p. 161.8
- As I mentioned, the Big Three (atmospheric regulator, oxygenator, and water reclaimer) are critical components.†
p. 229.9
- Here on Mars, supercooling is done by pumping air to a component outside the Hab.†
p. 231.4
- Between the Hab components and the rover, I'll have two redundant life support systems.†
p. 241.3
- The imaginatively named "atmospheric regulator external component" is how the regulator freeze-separates air.†
p. 257.9
- The critical components are designed to survive a vacuum.
p. 264.9 *components = parts
- "It's the external component of the atmospheric regulator," Mindy said.†
p. 276.5
- The regulator, oxygenator, RTG, AREC, batteries, rover life support (in case I need a backup), solar cells, rover computer, airlocks, and everything else with a moving part or electronic component.†
p. 283.7
- I've robbed it of all critical components and a big chunk of its canvas.†
p. 283.9
- The heaters, lighting, main computer, etc. All the components I didn't steal for the trip to Schiaparelli.†
p. 284.1
- The critical components are working fine, and both vehicles are back on their wheels.†
p. 319.2
- They had me do a full systems check on every single component.†
p. 331.9
- The once sleek lines were now a jagged mess of missing hull segments and empty anchor points where noncritical components used to be.†
p. 363.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(component) a self-contained part of something that when combined with other parts makes something that is larger or more complex
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) A comprehensive dictionary will also describe more specialized senses of component.