[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

member \mem"ber\, n. oe. membre, f. membre, fr. l. membrum; cf.
   goth. mimz flesh, skr. mamsa.
   1913 webster
   1. anat. a part of an animal capable of performing a
      distinct office; an organ; a limb.
      1913 webster

            we have many members in one body, and all members
            have not the same office.             --rom. xii. 4.
      1913 webster

   2. hence: a part of a whole; an independent constituent of a
      body; as:
      a a part of a discourse or of a period or sentence; a
          clause; a part of a verse.
      b math. either of the two parts of an algebraic
          equation, connected by the sign of equality.
      c engin. any essential part, as a post, tie rod,
          strut, etc., of a framed structure, as a bridge truss.
      d arch. 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 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 math. one of the elements which, taken together,
          comprise a set.
      g math. one of the individual objects which comprise a
          group or class.
          1913 webster +pjc

   compression member, tension member engin., a member, as
      a rod, brace, etc., which is subjected to compression or
      tension, respectively.
      1913 webster
see also:
compression member tension member 

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