A part or element resulting from breaking something down into its component parts.
From de- (removal) + component (a part of something). Reverses the idea of component—describing what results from disassembly.
In chemistry, water's decomponents are hydrogen and oxygen—when you electrolyze water, you're splitting it into these simpler elements that make up the whole.
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