component : Idioms & Phrases
Component of force
(Mech.) , a force which, acting conjointly with one or more forces, produces the effect of a single force or resultant; one of a number of forces into which a single force may be resolved.
Webster 1913
component part
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noun something determined in relation to something that includes it
portion; part; component; constituent.
- he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself
- I read a portion of the manuscript
- the smaller component is hard to reach
- the animal constituent of plankton