major component
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmajorandcomponent
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major
adjective
uk/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious 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 ofmajorandcomponentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is not clear that regulation should be amajorcomponentof policies aimed at such problems.
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The best design approach is to incorporate the fastening function into amajorcomponent.
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This style of writing would become amajorcomponentof the national disco fad of the 1970s, which invariably used orchestral string sections.
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In tropical moist forest, advance regeneration in the form of shade-suppressed seedlings is amajorcomponentof regrowth in new gaps.
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The model consists of several modules each returning overall cost of amajorcomponentfrom the simple mathematical representations of the factors described above.
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It is this silken line released by the individual that creates themajorcomponentof the drag-induced lift.
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Purines are themajorcomponentof the arrestment pheromone in most of the ticks examined.
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From this point of view, the usability is amajorcomponentof the quality of interaction between the user and the overall system.
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Satisfaction, we will assume, has as amajorcomponentthe ability to deliver high quality and high value care to patients.
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Amajorcomponentof the yield of a grain crop is the number of grains it produces per unit of ground area.
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Amajorcomponentof arm rehabilitation after stroke is physical therapy.
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While not all post-liberation deaths were due to typhus, it was certainly amajorcomponent, and explains the continuing high death rate.
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Establishing effective communication channels among the isolated pockets of preservation activity soon became amajorcomponentof the program.
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Although amajorcomponentof drug policy, the treatment system was weakened by bureaucratic isolation, inadequate capacity and restrictive public benefits.
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We take the view that language learning involves amajorcomponentof automatically identifying regularities in sequentially presented material.
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Amajorcomponentof this fraction can be the erythrocrouin.
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As housing is amajorcomponentof the costs of contact, policies to target this area could include the following.
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