A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.

Making up a larger whole; as a component word. / Made up of smaller complete units in combination; as a component stereo.

plural of component

(archaic, transitive) To compose; to settle; to arrange.

present participle of compone

(linguistics) The composition of a grammatical structure in terms of the components it contains, without regard to their arrangement.

The property of being a component or having components.

(rare, in combination) Having the specified number or kind of components.

plural of recognized component

(topology and graph theory) A connected subset that is, moreover, maximal with respect to being connected.