subcomponent
noun
variants:
or sub-component
plural subcomponents
or sub-components
Definition of subcomponent
: a component that is part of a larger component
But what does a contractor actually have to do to assure its representations are correct? It has to know when the thing was developed and who paid for it; and it must know the answer to those questions at the lowest segregable component level—meaning subcomponents for hardware and subroutines for software.— W. Jay DeVecchio When a violinist bows a string to make a high C note, the sound actually contains many individual subcomponents called harmonics.— Dragan Huterer
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