COMPONENT in a Sentence

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For COMPONENT, below is one of 22 sentences:
But, she had scarcely thought more of separating them into units, than of separating the sea itself into its component drops.

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 Meanings and Examples of COMPONENT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
component
 n.  element; ingredient; abstract part of something
Classic Sentence:
1  But, she had scarcely thought more of separating them into units, than of separating the sea itself into its component drops.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI
2  Mary was not so repulsive and unsisterly as Elizabeth, nor so inaccessible to all influence of hers; neither was there anything among the other component parts of the cottage inimical to comfort.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
3  To find component forces equal to the composite or resultant force, the sum of the components must equal the resultant.
War and Peace 6 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 17: CHAPTER II
4  This condition is never observed by the universal historians, and so to explain the resultant forces they are obliged to admit, in addition to the insufficient components, another unexplained force affecting the resultant action.
War and Peace 6 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 17: CHAPTER II
Example Sentence: (18 in 2 pages)
1  Enriched uranium is a key component of a nuclear weapon.
2  Friendship is both a source of pleasure and a component of good health.
3  The researchers discovered a common component in all types of the organism.
4  Revenues from oil are the biggest single component part in the country's income.
5  The last component of the rainbow coalition that I want to refer to is feminism.
6  He is making the unarguable point that our desires and preferences have a social component.
7  I wish this component like all others of my stereo system is working at the same time.
8  Since most employers in USA are white, the analysis of the ways they typify employees is an important component of understanding labor market.
9  Differences in the glycosylation of cell surface components of colorectal cancer cells have been previously shown.
10  Some components of a thriving friendship are honesty, naturalness, thoughtfulness, some common interests.
11  The different components all have to interface smoothly.
12  Individual components for the car can be very expensive.
13  This will involve examination of the relation of size to the various cost components.
14  Exercise is one of the key components of a healthy lifestyle.
15  Physical stress caused by expansion and contraction can damage components within the computer.