单词 | component |
释义 | component —componential /kom'peuh nen"sheuhl/, componental, adj. —componented, adj. /keuhm poh"neuhnt, kom-/, n. 1. a constituent part; element; ingredient. 2. a part of a mechanical or electrical system: hi-fi components. 3. Physics. the projection of a vector quantity, as force or velocity, along an axis. 4. Physical Chem. one of the set of the minimum number of chemical constituents by which every phase of a given system can be described. 5. Math. a. a connected subset of a set, not contained in any other connected subset of the set. b. a coordinate of a vector. 6. Ling. a. one of the major subdivisions of a generative grammar: base component; transformational component; semantic component; phonological component. Cf. level (def. 17). b. a feature determined by componential analysis. adj. 7. being or serving as an element (in something larger); composing; constituent: the component parts of a computer system. [1555-65; < L component- (s. of componens, prp. of componere to put together), equiv. to com- COM- + pon(ere) to put + -ent- -ENT] Syn. 1. See element. |
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