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COMPONENT PART
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Something determined in relation to something that includes it
Example:
the animal constituent of plankton
Synonyms:
component; component part; constituent; part; portion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("component part" is a kind of...):
relation (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "component part"):
substance (the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists)
language unit; linguistic unit (one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed)
item; point (a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list)
butt (the part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots)
base; basis (the most important or necessary part of something)
detail; item; particular (a small part that can be considered separately from the whole)
unit (an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole)
member (anything that belongs to a set or class)
balance; remainder; residual; residue; residuum; rest (something left after other parts have been taken away)
subpart (a part of a part)
Holonyms ("component part" is a part of...):
meronymy; part to whole relation (the semantic relation that holds between a part and the whole)
