MEMBER

Definitions

1. 1. 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. Rom. xii. 4.
2. 2. Hence, a part of a whole; an independent constituent of a body; as:
3. 3. A part of a discourse or of a period or sentence; a clause; a part of a verse.
4. 4. Any essential part, as a post, tie rod, strut, etc., of a framed structure, as a bridge truss.
5. 5. 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. Compression member, Tension member (Engin.), a member, as a rod, brace, etc., which is subjected to compression or tension, respectively.