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constituent

/kən'stɪʧuənt/

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noun
an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
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"a component or constituent element of a system"

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component element

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portion part
noun
an abstract part of something
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"two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"

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component element factor ingredient

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division section part
noun
something determined in relation to something that includes it
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"the animal constituent of plankton"

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component component part part portion

type of:
relation

part of:
meronymy part to whole relation
adjective
constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)
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constitutional constitutive organic essential
noun
(grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
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grammatical constituent

type of:
syntagma syntagm

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sentence
noun
a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes
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"needs continued support by constituents to be re-elected"

type of:
elector voter

Examples of constituent

"a component or constituent element of a system"
"two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"
"the animal constituent of plankton"
"needs continued support by constituents to be re-elected"