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component

One element of a larger system. A hardware component can be a device as small as a transistor or as large as a disk drive as long as it is part of a larger system. Software components are routines or modules within a larger system. See component software and component video.

component
1. any electrical device, such as a resistor, that has distinct electrical characteristics and that may be connected to other electrical devices to form a circuit
2. Maths
a. one of a set of two or more vectors whose resultant is a given vector
b. the projection of this given vector onto a specified line
3. Chemistry one of the minimum number of chemically distinct constituents necessary to describe fully the composition of each phase in a system
(programming)component - An object adhering to a component architecture.
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nbsp;portion, generating a component of force in diameter direction to raise the lip end portion outward in the diameter direction when receiving pressure in the fluid storing chamber.
Rotation shaft seal by Samples, Bob / Rubber World
The military leadership of major Western countries today regards armed forces manpower acquisition and personnel training as the most important component of force development, designed to meet the needs of all branches of service for well trained, highly qualified personnel both in peacetime and in wartime.
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With the subject's limb attached to the lever arm attachment, there was a progressively larger error in the measurement of the rotational component of force as the limb was moved from a position with the lever arm at 0 degrees (horizontal) to 50 degrees below the horizontal.
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