Category:Component

Com*po"nent, a. Etym: [L. componens, p. pr. of componere. See Compound, v. t.]

Defn: Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting; constituent. The component parts of natural bodies. Sir I. Newton.

component Com*po"nent, n.

Defn: A constituent part; an ingredient. 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 single force may be resolved.