OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 9556

component

/kəmˈpəʊnənt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
componente
A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.
A CPU is a component of a computer.
Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis:[…]. The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a n…
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