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Component and Process

component

noun

  • An abstract part of something.
    • usage: "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech"
  • Something determined in relation to something that includes it.
    • usage: "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton"
  • An artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system.
    • usage: "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system"
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(DoD) One of the subordinate organizations that constitute a joint force. Normally a joint force is organized with a combination of Service and functional components. (JP 1)
(DoD) In logistics, a part or combination of parts having a specific function, which can be installed or replaced only as an entity. (JP 4-0) Also called COMP. See also functional component command; Service component command.
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.
process
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

noun

  • A particular course of action intended to achieve a result.
    • usage: "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error"
  • Psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents. (
    • usage: "the process of thinking"; "the cognitive operation of remembering"
  • A writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant.
  • A mental process that you are not directly aware of.
    • usage: "the process of denial"
  • A natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant.
    • usage: "a bony process"
  • A sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states.
    • usage: "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls"

verb

  • Subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition.
    • usage: "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals"; "treat an oil spill"
  • Deal with in a routine way.
    • usage: "I'll handle that one"; "process a loan"; "process the applicants"
  • Perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information.
    • usage: "The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech"
  • Institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against.
    • usage: "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination"
  • March in a procession.
    • usage: "They processed into the dining room"
  • Shape, form, or improve a material.
    • usage: "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal"
  • Deliver a warrant or summons to someone.
    • usage: "He was processed by the sheriff"
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