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- a part or element of a larger whole, especially a part of a machine or vehicle（尤指机械或车辆的）部件, 零件; （构成整体的）组成部分, 成分。
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- each of two or more forces, velocities, or other vectors acting in different directions which are together equivalent to a given vector分力。
attrib.
- constituting part of a larger whole; constituent组成的; 构成的：
the component elements of the armed forces.
武装部队的组成部分。
派生词
componentize
（亦作componentise）verb词源
mid 17th cent.: from Latin component- 'putting together'， from the verb componere, from com- 'together'+ponere 'put'. Compare with COMPOUND1.