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part

1. 

a. an actor's role in a play

b. the speech and actions which make up such a role

c. a written copy of these

2. Anatomy any portion of a larger structure

3. a component that can be replaced in a machine, engine, etc.

4. Music

a. one of a number of separate melodic lines making up the texture of music

b. one of such melodic lines, which is assigned to one or more instrumentalists or singers

c. such a line performed from a separately written or printed copy

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part [pärt]

(engineering)

An element of a subassembly, not normally useful by itself and not amenable to further disassembly for maintenance purposes.