subcomponent

noun

Definition of subcomponentnext
as in component

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Recent Examples of subcomponent The most common flaw was the poor quality of electronic subcomponents, specifically circuits. — Dara Massicot, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2025 As Beijing tightens trade restrictions on exporting drones, many drone manufacturers are now working quickly to try to find ways to build drone subcomponents onshore themselves. — Natan Linder, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025 The bill also includes strict provisions excluding projects that use any Chinese components, minerals or subcomponents for projects that start construction after the end of this year. — Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 23 May 2025 One problem the team already encountered has to do with the machine’s ability to create an electric field to manipulate the positively and negatively charged subcomponents of antihydrogen to combine (with the help of a laser) within the detector. — IEEE Spectrum, 12 Oct. 2018 See All Example Sentences for subcomponent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subcomponent
  1. component
  2. section
  3. portion
  4. segment
  5. sector
  6. particle
  7. fragment
  8. element
Noun
  • Legislators and industry lobbyists alike are seeing that preemption is a losing issue among voters, making preemption one of the most difficult components of a federal AI package to pass.
    — Caleb Knapp, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Repacking atoms To see how different a material can look and feel depending on how its atoms are packed, think about the element carbon, one of Earth’s most common elements and an important component of all living organisms.
    — Robin Macaluso, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of component
Noun
  • Garwood, a supervisory civil engineer in the stormwater section of Overland Park’s Public Works Department, was conducting the city’s regular inspection of the South Park Lake dam.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
  • The live chat will take place in the comments section below on site and in the PEOPLE App.
    — Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026
Definition of section
Noun
  • James' decision to run for governor left open his seat in the 10th District, which includes a portion of Oakland County and stretches across conservative communities in Macomb County.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Temperatures reached at least 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) for five consecutive days in some areas in late July, the country’s longest such streak on record, and heatstroke alerts have repeatedly covered large portions of the country.
    — Yumi Asada, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of portion
Noun
  • There’s even hope within CBS News that such segments can help the division reach new crowds.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The first path is probably obvious and will no doubt be the source of every preseason TV segment about USC.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of segment
Noun
  • Largely missing from the public discussion is the opportunity to catalyze a broader shift to alternative fuels across sectors that can’t be electrified easily.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 31 July 2026
  • The Need To Move Beyond Exchange Of Data In the healthcare sector, interoperability efforts have historically focused on ensuring that systems can exchange data.
    — Bindu Madhavi Mangalampalli, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of sector
Noun
  • Giant fans at the air bases would blow the pale particles around, Jack said, putting him directly in the path of the chemical.
    — Nicole Borman, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
  • These particles act as seeds on which water vapor condenses to form cloud droplets.
    — Yunyao Li, The Conversation, 30 July 2026
Definition of particle
Noun
  • Original architectural elements, including a small fragment of a fresco, the aforementioned mask fountain, and a Carrara marble staircase connecting the five floors, were restored.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Discovered in two large parts, the sculpture is missing its feet and some other fragments.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of fragment
Noun
  • The introduction of liquid glass has led to larger, more graphical elements that have taken over in terms of clarity and ease of use.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • To explain its results, RealorRender identifies the suspicious regions of images as heatmaps (grids of colored squares indicating intensity, as with topographical maps) and segments of contiguous image elements.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of element

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“Subcomponent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subcomponent. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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