Usually means: Part of a larger system.
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We found 56 dictionaries that define the word component:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. component: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. component: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. component: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. component: Collins English Dictionary
  5. component: Vocabulary.com
  6. Component, component: Wordnik
  7. component: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. component: Wiktionary
  9. component: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. component: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. component: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. component: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. component: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Component (UML), Component (graph theory), Component (group theory), Component (thermodynamics), Component: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Component: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. component: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. component: Rhymezone
  18. component, component (de): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. component: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. component: Free Dictionary
  21. component: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. component: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  23. component, component (materiel): Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. component: Dictionary.com

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Component: eyefortransport e-commerce transportation glossary
  4. component: Legal dictionary
  5. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. component: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. component: CCI Computer
  3. Component: Tech Terms Computer Dictionary
  4. Webopedia (No longer online)
  5. component: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Component: GLOSSARY of BLOOD RELATED TERMS
  4. component: Medical dictionary

Science (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. From Stargazers to Starships Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  3. Component: LITHICS-NET's Glossary of Lithics Terminology
  4. Component: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  5. Mathematical Programming (No longer online)
  6. component, component: PlanetMath Encyclopedia
  7. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)
  8. component: Graph Theory
  9. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Component: Urban Dictionary

Tech (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Roofing Terms (No longer online)
  3. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Coal Mining Terms (No longer online)
  5. Furnishings Guide (No longer online)
  6. component: Printed Circuit Design and Manufacturing Glossary

(Note: See componential as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.
adjective:  Making up a larger whole; as a component word.
adjective:  Made up of smaller complete units in combination; as a component stereo.

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