main component
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmainandcomponent
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main
adjective[before noun]
uk/meɪn/us/meɪn/
larger, more important, or having more influence than others of the ...
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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 ofmainandcomponentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This suggests that across-group inequality is themaincomponentof total inequality in the model while within-group inequality is the main one in the data.
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Although burden typically consists of multiple sources, themaincomponentof burden cost is due to equipment depreciation.
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Nicotine is themaincomponentof tobacco that causes addiction.
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Themaincomponentof the system is the prover, which implements a backward chaining theorem prover for defeasible logic based directly on the inference rules.
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In contrast, radiolaria represent themaincomponentof the plankton assemblages across the upper black levels.
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Themaincomponentof litter fall by dry weight was leaf material (86%).
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Only two studies provided social support as themaincomponentof the intervention (21 and 24).
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A factor analysis (principal component analysis) showed amaincomponentthat explains 42% of variance.
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Selachians are themaincomponentof the marine vertebrate faunas and are known in all sites by numerous isolated teeth.
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Additionally, to reduce notational clutter, translations from judgements are often written in an abbreviated form giving only themaincomponent; the corresponding judgement should be clear from context.
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Duty is themaincomponentof car fuel costs.
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The othermaincomponenton the expenditure side of the formula is that on the management and maintenance of houses.
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Themaincomponentof production in less favoured areas is young stock from hill and upland cattle and sheep.
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Themaincomponentof local authority expenditure is education.
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First, practically all themaincomponentparts of carpets have to be imported; that is to say, wool, cotton and jute.
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Moreover, themaincomponentof democracy is the complete division between the political and military authority.
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Methane is themaincomponentof landfill gas and is 27 times more potent than carbon dioxide.
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