subcomponents

noun

variants or sub-components
plural of subcomponent
as in components

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subcomponents
  1. components
  2. segments
  3. sections
  4. elements
  5. portions
  6. fragments
  7. sectors
  8. particles
Noun
  • On August 18, Trump bought at least $250,000 in stock in two defense contractors involved in producing components of the F-22 Raptor jet – RTX and Boeing – as well as at least $100,000 in stock in a third, Northrop Grumman.
    — Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • The compatibility between their shapes allows lactase to break lactose apart into its simple sugar components, which are more easily managed by the digestive system.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 July 2026
Definition of components
Noun
  • Consumer spending is higher, charge-offs are lower, and savings investments are growing across customer segments.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 14 July 2026
  • In these segments, memory can now easily account for half of the total manufacturing cost.
    — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026
Definition of segments
Noun
  • The Post confirmed that in each of the five spots, five hours or more had elapsed between when adjacent sections were sprayed.
    — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 16 July 2026
  • Bulldozers shuffled right through the rubble to make roads that cut Gaza into separate sections.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
Definition of sections
Noun
  • Winning a golf tournament is a difficult thing to do, with myriad factors and elements pouring ultimately into one formula.
    — Justin Ray, New York Times, 18 July 2026
  • Antiques made of straw, raffia, and bamboo contrast with modern steel elements like the Boffi kitchen island.
    — Francesca Longoni, Architectural Digest, 18 July 2026
Definition of elements
Noun
  • The systems target demanding high-performance computing (HPC) workloads alongside emerging agentic AI applications that can automate portions of scientific research and engineering analysis.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026
  • These metropolitan economies are often more connected to global markets and peer cities than to large portions of their own states.
    — John Eger, Mercury News, 17 July 2026
Definition of portions
Noun
  • Instead of communicating with the other operator to decide who will make the dodge, Starlink satellites automatically avoid other objects — both space debris fragments or operational satellites — whenever there is a conjunction alert.
    — Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 15 July 2026
  • Rainfall likely caused any additional meteorite fragments that fell outside to disintegrate.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
Definition of fragments
Noun
  • Meanwhile, hiring has cooled in many white-collar sectors such as software development or marketing, the very industries most exposed to AI.
    — Svenja Gudell, Fortune, 18 July 2026
  • Oil price booms have increased Nigeria’s wealth, but an overdependence on crude has weakened investment in other sectors, while corruption and poor governance remain rampant.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of sectors
Noun
  • Storm clouds forming around the smoke in the atmosphere could create dirty rain, but it is more commonly formed with larger particles compared to the smoke’s fine particulate matter.
    — Nicole Pilsbury, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2026
  • Quantum entanglement is a phenomenon in which two or more particles become connected.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026
Definition of particles
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