Member /(?)/

Mem·ber

Member

v. t.
  1. To remember; to cause to remember; to mention. [Obs.]

Member

n.
  1. A part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb. (Anat.)
    We have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office.
    — Rom. xii. 4.
  2. A part of a whole; an independent constituent of a body (Math.)

Phrases & Compounds

Compression member
a member, as a rod, brace, etc., which is subjected to compression or tension, respectively.