D defs.my
Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Member

/mĕm'-bẽr/ · Mem·ber · IPA /ˈmɛmbɚ/
01 v. t. To remember; to cause to remember; to mention.
  1. 1.
    To remember; to cause to remember; to mention.[Obs.]
02 n. A part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.
  1. 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. 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.