key component
collocation in Englishmeaningsofkeyandcomponent
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key
adjective
uk/kiː/us/kiː/
very important and having a lot of influence on other people ...
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component
noun[C]
uk/kəmˈpəʊ.nənt/us/kəmˈpoʊ.nənt/
a part that combines with other parts to form ...
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(Definition ofkeyandcomponentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofkey component
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All the evidence suggests that responsibility for children was akeycomponentof masculinity.
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Thekeycomponentimplementing such a printing function is a printer.
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It is also possible that glutamate release is akeycomponentguiding bipolar and horizontal cell neurites to the photoreceptor active zones.
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The good, properly understood, includes autonomy as akeycomponent.
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Indeed, nucleic acid detection is likely to be akeycomponentin plans for both space-based and sample-return life detection.
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Although the prevention of deterioration and the restoration of physical functioning is akeycomponent of rehabilitative nursing it cannot provide a complete definition.
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The boundary spanner is an important individual in the organization, and therefore has been incorporated as akeycomponentto the inter-organizational model.
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As result, the full potential of qualitative models as akeycomponentof tutoring systems and interactive learning environments is still to be established.
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Subsumption into larger and larger bodies undermines the sense of "belonging" that is akeycomponentof identity.
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Abstraction is also akeycomponentto the horizontal integration of functional synthesis.
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Data such as this suggest that temperament is akeycomponentof emotional reactivity and physiological arousal related to emotion.
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Following a transplant, the restoration of the physical self was akeycomponentin reestablishing the individual sense of self.
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Nevertheless, itskeycomponentof hypothesis competition seems quite general across behavioral domains.
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They postulated that the desynchronization might be thekeycomponentin detecting a visual motion signal.
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In the outer retina, it is akeycomponentto the phototransduction cycle and neurotransmitter release in photoreceptor and bipolar cell terminals.
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Social interactions are akeycomponentof farmers' markets, supporting information sharing between consumers and producers and fostering community interactions.
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Thekeycomponentin this framework is a central hub, which mediates the interaction among various servers that realize different dialog system components.
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Akeycomponentof the articulation process is an assessment of student language abilities.
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