component part

Noun
  1. Something determined in relation to something that includes it (synset 113831419)
    "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"
    is a type of: relation - an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
    subtypes:
    • 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
    is a part of: meronymy, part to whole relation - the semantic relation that holds between a part and the whole
    same as: component, constituent, part, portion

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