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 | (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome |
an abstract part of something | any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial |
(grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction | a word or expression used for some particular thing |
a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes | one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition |
something determined in relation to something that includes it | (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement |
| a limited period of time |
| the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent |