資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Component \Com*po"nent\, n.
   A constituent part; an ingredient.

   {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.