Member
Member , transitive verb
[See Remember.]
To remember; to cause to remember; to mention. [Obsolete]
Member , noun
[Old English membre, French membre, from Latin membrum; compare Gothic mimz flesh, Sanskrit mamsa.]
1.
(Anatomy) A part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.
We have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office.
2.
(Mathematics) A part of a whole; an independent constituent of a body
(a)
(Mathematics) A part of a discourse or of a period or sentence; a clause; a part of a verse.
(b)
(Mathematics) Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the sign of equality.
(c)
(Mathematics) Any essential part, as a post, tie rod, strut, etc., of a framed structure, as a bridge truss.
(d)
(Mathematics) Any part of a building, whether constructional, as a pier, column, lintel, or the like, or decorative, as a molding, or group of moldings.
(e)
(Mathematics) One of the persons composing a society, community, or the like; an individual forming part of an association; as, a member of the society of Friends.
(f)
(Mathematics) one of the elements which, taken together, comprise a set.
(g)
(Mathematics) one of the individual objects which comprise a group or class.
Collocations (1)
Compression member or Tension member (Engineering) , a member, as a rod, brace, etc., which is subjected to compression or tension, respectively.