knowncomponent
nounUK /nəʊn kəmˈpəʊnənt/
US /noʊn kəmˈpoʊnənt/
A known component is a part of something that people already know about.
The teacher said the battery is a known component of the toy robot.
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2. A piece of a machine or system that has been identified before.
Engineers replaced the known component with a new one.
3. A familiar building block in a plan or design.
The bridge design used a known component that had worked well before.
4. A part of a mixture that scientists already recognize.
Salt was a known component of the water sample.