SUBCOMPONENT Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

subcomponent

noun

Definition of subcomponent

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

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Noun

Fasteners include items like screws, bolts, nuts and washers that are crucial, if often unseen, components in vehicles and appliances.

— Grant Schwab, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Sharing components and collaborating on research will help cut costs and speed up development, as well as add efficiency in economy of scale once the vehicles go into production.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of component

Noun

The judge later ruled in late 2024 that the two sections were unconstitutional.

— Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2026
The goddess Gayatri, a divine manifestation of the Gayatri mantra, is described in the Mahanarayana Upanishad as having five heads, along with three feet, six abdominal sections, and 24 syllables.

— Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of section

Noun

Because individual-stock premiums are currently richer, managers may also be able to meet their income targets by writing options against a smaller portion of the portfolio.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
The struggles contributed to growing frustration among portions of UCLA’s fan and donor base.

— Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of portion

Noun

Within that $10 billion-plus partnership ad segment, Temu’s presence is huge.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
And despite several headlines that consumers are buying fewer sneakers in lieu of dressier options, retailers are seeing growth in multiple segments of the men’s shoe market.

— Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of segment

Noun

The project will focus on developing a scalable process for producing highly uniform thorium-232 fuel particles for use in TRISO, or Tri-Structural Isotropic, nuclear fuel.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
But thanks to atmospheric light scattering — the bouncing of photons off particles in the air — the area affected by the mirror's passage would be much wider, the study found.

— Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of particle

Noun

In a sequencer that resembled a large fridge, millions of short nucleic-acid fragments would be identified in the span of ten hours.

— Jason Liebowitz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2026
The artifacts included eight deformed sickles, one intact sickle, part of a sword blade, ornament fragments, three ingots and two unfinished objects.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of fragment

Noun

Play was suspended on the outside courts, but the roofs could close on Armstrong and Ashe, protecting Bublik and Wolf, and Novak Djokovic and Mariano Navone, from the elements.

— Rebecca Tauber, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Now, one element of great balance is there’s not a ton of headliners, stars.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026

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